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Sextus Octavius Fronto
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'''Sextus Octavius Fronto''' was a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[Roman senate|senator]], who held a number of offices in the emperor's service. He was [[Roman consul|suffect consul]] in the ''[[nundinium]]'' of May-August 86 with [[Tiberius Julius Candidus Marius Celsus]] as his colleague.<ref>Paul Gallivan, [http://ift.tt/2CZAZxt "The Fasti for A. D. 70-96"], ''[[Classical Quarterly]]'', 31 (1981), pp.</ref>
Only fragments of the ''[[cursus honorum]]'' of Fronto is known. For the [[praetor]]ian portion of his career, he is known to have been ''[[legatus]]'' or commander of [[Legio I Adiutrix]], while for the consular portion Fronto is known to have been governor of [[Lower Moesia]]; [[Werner Eck]] dates his tenure from the year 89 to 93.<ref>Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", ''[[Chiron (journal)|Chiron]]'', 12 (1982), pp. 316-320</ref>
== References ==
[[Category:1st-century Romans]]
[[Category:Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome]]
[[Category:Roman governors of Lower Moesia]]
[[Category:Octavii|Fronto]]
Only fragments of the ''[[cursus honorum]]'' of Fronto is known. For the [[praetor]]ian portion of his career, he is known to have been ''[[legatus]]'' or commander of [[Legio I Adiutrix]], while for the consular portion Fronto is known to have been governor of [[Lower Moesia]]; [[Werner Eck]] dates his tenure from the year 89 to 93.<ref>Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", ''[[Chiron (journal)|Chiron]]'', 12 (1982), pp. 316-320</ref>
== References ==
[[Category:1st-century Romans]]
[[Category:Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome]]
[[Category:Roman governors of Lower Moesia]]
[[Category:Octavii|Fronto]]
February 06, 2018 at 03:50PM
