Hortar

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Hortar (lat. Hortharius ; † 364 ) was a Alamannic Gau - King in the 4th century .

The Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus reports: After a victorious battle against the Roman army master Barbatio in 357 near Rauracum ( Kaiseraugst ), the Alemannic kings Hortar, Suomar , Ur , Ursicinus and Vestralp gathered together under the leadership of Chnodomar and Agenarich (Serapio) against their armies Roman commander Severus at the battle of Argentoratum . After the battle was lost, Hortar was able to keep his life and land in exchange for delivery of horse-drawn vehicles and building materials.

In 358 the Caesar (lower emperor) Julian concluded a peace treaty with Hortar. Hortar began a career in the Roman military service. After taking office on February 25, 364, Emperor Valentinian I began to remove all Alemanni from higher army positions. A confession was extorted from Hortar under the torture , according to which he should have sent letters directed against the state to other Alemanni princes. He was then sentenced to death by the flames.

Probably another Hortari was deployed in 372 together with Bitherid , a prince of the Bukinobanten , from Valentinian I as a troop leader in the Roman army.

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