Из темы про Брута:
Кстати, откуда мы знаем, что размеры Гортензиевского состояния не преувеличены? Насколько я могу судить, источников у его состояния было два: родовое и то, что он зарабатывал сам судебными процессами (миф про соблюдение Цинциева закона отметаем как несуразный - адвокаты прекрасно умели его обходить). Может, еще разовые вливания - в частности, за отказ от провинции Киликия.
Но при всем при этом надо заметить, что семь лет после процесса Верреса Гортензий в судах не выступал (семь, если не ошибаюсь) - то есть гонораров нет. Образ жизни он вел самый нобильский, широко жил товарищ. Состояние в таких условиях могло изрядно поразвеяться на ветер. Учитываем еще охламона-сынка, тоже ведущего не самый скромный и воздержный образ жизни...
Из работы I. Schatzman. Senatorial Wealth and Roman Politics:
150) Q. Hortensius Hortalus (13) Cos. 69.
Hortensius married the daughter of Catulus. cos. 102 (419). Though his father-in-law was killed in the civil war (App.. BC, 1. 74). and his brother-in-law served with Sulla (id. ib.. 1. 105), he stayed in Rome and often appeared in court (Cic. Brut., 308). He may have joined Sulla on his return, but hardly profited from the proscriptions (420). In the early seventies he benefited from a forged testament, and thus became co-heir of L. Minucius Basilus. a rich man who had died in Greece (421).
Hortensius was surely rewarded for his activity as advocate. In the absence of details we can only refer to Cicero's inheritances, which he probably received from his clients in the court; they amounted to some HS 20 Million (422).
As aedile in 75 Hortensius gave games on a large scale and distributed corn to the people (423>). He was helped by Verres in the decoration of the City (424). In 70 he defended Verres. who repaid him. among other things, by helping his canvassing for the consulate (425).
Hortensius had an estate at Bauli. with fish ponds (426). In Rome he had a house on the Palatine (427). and another near the porta Flumentana (Cic. Att.. 7. 3. 9). He had an estate at Tusculum on which he built a gallery for the picture he bought for HS 144.000 (428 ). His estate at Laurentum included a forest of more than 50 iugera (429): and he had lucrative property in Puteoli (430). We know very little of these estates, which seem to have been pleasure resorts, except for Puteoli. Yet the 10,000 jars of wine inherited by his son had probably been made on his land (431). It is noteworthy that his estates spread over several districts.
Hortensius' fondness of luxury is shown by the fish ponds, the picture and his being the first to serve peacocks ( 432). He opposed the sumptuary law of Crassus and Pompey (Dio. 39. 37, 2-3).
419 Munzer, RA, 286-7.
420 Cic. Fam. 2. 16. 3. Cf. D. G.. 3. 98 (contra Frank. ESAR. 1. 398).
421 Cic. Off. 3. 73-4; Val. Max., 9. 4, 1. Basilus, the military tribune of Sulla in Greece, is probably identical with the rich L. Minucius Basilus. See Munzer. RE. 15. 1947; MRR, 2. 55, and nc 176. n. 685.
422 Cic, Phil., 2. 40. For Hortensius as orator see ORF3, 310-330. He used to bribe then juries. See Cic. Div. in Caec, 24; Verr. 1. 40; 2. 5, 173; Ps. Ascon.. 193-4.
423 Cic, Off, 2. 57; Verr., 2. 3, 215.
424 Cic, Verr., 2. 1, 58; 3, 9; Ps. Ascon., 238.
425 Plin., NH, 34. 48; Quintil., 6. 3, 9; Plut., Cic, 7. 6 Apophth. Cic. 11. For hints on payments by Verres to Hortensius see Cic, Verr., 1. 8-9; 40; 47 2. 5, 176; Ps. Ascon. 221 (Cf. Verr., 2. 3, 9). Verres seems to have financially supported Hortensius' canvassing for the consulate Cic, Verr., 29 duo igitur consules er quaesitor erunt ex illius voluntate; Ps. Ascon. 215. Cf. n°. 102.
426 Cic. Acad., 2.9; 125; 145; Varro, RR, 3. 3. 10; 17, 5; Plin., NH. 9. 170; 172.
427 Suet. Aug., 72. 1. Cf. D. G., 3, 98.
428 Cic. Verr.. 2. 4, 126 (?); Plin. NH. 35. 130; Macrob., 3. 13, 3.
429 Varro. RR. 3.13, 2-3. There was a game-preserve there.
430 Cic Att. 7. 3, 9. 1 cannot rind any reference to property in Sabinum and Picenum in Val. Max, 9. 4. 1 (contra von der Muhl, RE, 8, 2475). I think that he had two distinct estates at Puteoli and Bauli (contra D. G., 3, 99, notes 4-5). For the town holdings in Puteoli see D'Arms, AJP, 88 (1967), 195-200. Cic, Att., 5. 17, 5 seems to refer to Cicero's estate at Cinnae, not to Hortensius1 estate (contra Jaczyowska, 1. 46); see Att., 5. 2, 2.
431 Plin., NH, 14. 96 see also Macrob. 3. 13, 3.
432 Varro. RR. 3. 6. 6 Macrob.. 3. 13, 1. Hortensius was one of the famous piscinara. See Cic. Att. 1. 18. 6; 2. 1, 7. Cf. Varro, RR. 3. 17. 6-8; Macrob.. 3. 15, 6, and for his love of works of arts, Cic, Verr.. 2. 3, 9; 4, 6; Plin., NH, 34. 48.