Horatius
# Horatius

Horatius may refer to:

## People

### Roman era

* several ancient Roman men of the gens Horatia, including:
   * Quintus Horatius Flaccus, the poet known in English as Horace
   * one of the Horatii, three members of the gens Horatia who fought to the death against the Curiatii
   * Marcus Horatius Pulvillus, consul in 509 and 507 BC
   * Horatius Cocles, hero who defended the Sublician Bridge
   * Marcus Horatius Barbatus, consul in 449 BC

### Post-Roman era

* Horatius Acquaviva d'Aragona (d.1617), an Italian prelate
* Horatius Paulijn (1644-1691), a Dutch painter
* Horatius Sebastiani (1771-1851), a French soldier and diplomat
* Horatius Bonar (1808–1889), a Scottish churchman and poet
* Horatius "H.H." Coleman (1892-1969), an American church pastor
* Horatius Murray (1903-1989), a British Army General

### Fictional characters

* Horatius Faversham, a character in the radio series The Penny Dreadfuls Present...

## Literature

* a poem in the Lays of Ancient Rome by Thomas Babington Macaulay; for the full text of the poem see Horatius)

## Other uses

* The Horatius Stakes, an American thoroughbred horse race
* G-AAXD Horatius, a named Handley Page H.P.42 airliner
