Marcus Cornelius Fronto

Also known as Fronto

2nd century Roman rhetorician and advocate

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Opera inedita cum epistulis item ineditis Antonini Pii, M. Aurelii, L. Veri et Appiani
M. Cornelii Frontonis et M. Aurelii Imperatoris epistulae. L. Veri et Antonini Pii et Appiani epistularum reliquiae. Fragmenta Frontonis et scripta grammatica. Editio prima Romana plus centum epistulis aucta ex codice rescripto Bibliothecae Pontificiae Vaticanae
C. Cornelii Taciti Dialogus de oratoribus a corruptelis nuper illatis repurgatus ex Lipsiana ed. anni M.D.LXXIIII
M. Cornelii Frontonis aliorvmqve reliqvae qvae codice vaticano 5750 rescripto continentvr
M. Cornelii Frontonis Reliquiae

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Ancient Rome
Place of birth: Cirta
Place of death: Rome
Sibling: Quintus Cornelius Quadratus
Occupation: jurist
Position held: Roman consul
Languages spoken: Latin
Field of work: rhetoric
Work location: Ancient Rome

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date of birth: 0100-00-00
date of death: 0160-00-00
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Commons category: Marcus Cornelius Fronto
gens: Cornelia gens
cause of death: Antonine Plague
writing language: Latin
student: Marcus Aurelius
name in native language: Marcus Cornelius Fronto

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Marcus Cornelius Fronto (c. 100 – late 160s AD), best known as Fronto, was a Roman grammarian, rhetorician, and advocate. Of Berber origin, he was born at Cirta (modern-day Constantine, Algeria) in Numidia. He was suffect consul for the nundinium of July–August 142 with Gaius Laberius Priscus as his colleague. Emperor Antoninus Pius appointed him tutor to his adopted sons, the future emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.

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