. "name of a Roman gens.; in partic., A. Hirtius, consul A. U. C. 711, and author of the eighth book of Cœsar's Commentaries on the Gallic war: he fell before Mutina" . "name of a Roman gens.; in partic., A. Hirtius, consul A. U. C. 711, and author of the eighth book of Cœsar's Commentaries on the Gallic war: he fell before Mutina" . .