Marcus Cornelius Fronto
2nd century Roman rhetorician and advocate
- Lived
- 100–160
- Country
- Ancient Rome
Updated September 2026
About Marcus Cornelius Fronto
Marcus Cornelius Fronto, best known as Fronto, was a Roman grammarian, rhetorician, and advocate. Of Berber origin, he was born at Cirta 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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