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Marcus Cornelius Fronto, the Glossary

Marcus Cornelius Fronto (c. 100late 160s AD), best known as Fronto, was a Roman grammarian, rhetorician, and advocate.^[1]

51 relations: Acta Classica, Algeria, American Journal of Philology, Amy Richlin, Ancient Libya, Angelo Mai, Antonine Plague, Antoninus Pius, Arion, Arusianus Messius, Asia (Roman province), Aulus Gellius, Berbers, Bernhard Bischoff, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Bobbio, Bobbio Abbey, Cicero, Cirta, Constantine, Algeria, Council of Chalcedon, Editio princeps, Edward Champlin, Gardens of Maecenas, Giacomo Leopardi, Herodes Atticus, Homoeroticism, Internet Archive, Language and Literature, Latin, List of Roman consuls, Loeb Classical Library, Love letter, Lucius Verus, Marcus Aurelius, Marcus Minucius Felix, Meditations, Milan, Numidia, Nundinium, Palimpsest, Quintus Cornelius Senecio Annianus, René-Prosper Tassin, Roman citizenship, Roman consul, Roman Empire, Roman–Parthian War of 161–166, Rome, Seneca the Younger, Werner Eck, ... Expand index (1 more) »
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Romans from Africa
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Acta Classica

Acta Classica: Proceedings of the Classical Association of South Africa is an annual academic journal that covers all aspects of classical studies, including studies in ancient literature and history, as well as Patristic and Byzantine themes.

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Algeria

Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea.

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American Journal of Philology

The American Journal of Philology is a quarterly academic journal established in 1880 by the classical scholar Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve and published by the Johns Hopkins University Press.

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Amy Richlin

Amy Ellen Richlin (born December 12, 1951) is a professor in the Department of Classics at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).

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Ancient Libya

During the Iron Age and Classical antiquity, Libya (from Greek Λιβύη: Libyē, which came from Berber: Libu) referred to modern-day Africa west of the Nile river.

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Angelo Mai

Angelo Mai (Latin Angelus Maius; 7 March 17828 September 1854) was an Italian Cardinal and philologist.

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Antonine Plague

The Antonine Plague of AD 165 to 180, also known as the Plague of Galen (after Galen, the Greek physician who described it), was a prolonged and destructive epidemic, which impacted the Roman Empire.

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Antoninus Pius

Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius (19 September AD 86 – 7 March 161) was Roman emperor from AD 138 to 161.

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Arion

Arion (Ἀρίων) was a kitharode in ancient Greece, a Dionysiac poet credited with inventing the dithyramb.

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Arusianus Messius

Arusianus Messius, or Messus, Latin grammarian, flourished in the 4th century.

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Asia (Roman province)

Asia (Ἀσία) was a Roman province covering most of western Anatolia, which was created following the Roman Republic's annexation of the Attalid Kingdom in 133 BC.

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Aulus Gellius

Aulus Gellius (c. 125after 180 AD) was a Roman author and grammarian, who was probably born and certainly brought up in Rome. Marcus Cornelius Fronto and Aulus Gellius are 2nd-century Romans, 2nd-century writers and Silver Age Latin writers.

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Berbers

Berbers, or the Berber peoples, also called by their endonym Amazigh or Imazighen, are a diverse grouping of distinct ethnic groups indigenous to North Africa who predate the arrival of Arabs in the Arab migrations to the Maghreb.

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Bernhard Bischoff

Bernhard Bischoff (20 December 1906 – 17 September 1991) was a German historian, paleographer, and philologist; he was born in Altendorf (administrative division of Altenburg, Thuringia), and he died in Munich.

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Biblioteca Ambrosiana

The Biblioteca Ambrosiana is a historic library in Milan, Italy, also housing the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, the Ambrosian art gallery.

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Bobbio

Bobbio (Bobbiese: Bòbi; Bêubbi; Bobium) is a small town and comune in the province of Piacenza in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy.

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Bobbio Abbey

Bobbio Abbey (Italian: Abbazia di San Colombano) is a monastery founded by Irish Saint Columbanus in 614, around which later grew up the town of Bobbio, in the province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

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Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero (3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, writer and Academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire. Marcus Cornelius Fronto and Cicero are ancient Roman rhetoricians and letter writers in Latin.

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Cirta

Cirta, also known by various other names in antiquity, was the ancient Berber, Punic and Roman settlement which later became Constantine, Algeria.

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Constantine, Algeria

Constantine (Qusanṭīnah), also spelled Qacentina or Kasantina, is the capital of Constantine Province in northeastern Algeria.

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Council of Chalcedon

The Council of Chalcedon (Concilium Chalcedonense) was the fourth ecumenical council of the Christian Church.

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Editio princeps

In textual and classical scholarship, the editio princeps (plural: editiones principes) of a work is the first printed edition of the work, that previously had existed only in manuscripts.

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Edward Champlin

Edward Champlin is a Professor of Classics, Cotsen Professor of Humanities, and former Master of Butler College at Princeton University.

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Gardens of Maecenas

The Gardens of Maecenas, or Horti Maecenatis, constituted the luxurious ancient Roman estate of Gaius Maecenas, an Augustan-era imperial advisor and patron of the arts.

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Giacomo Leopardi

Count Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi (29 June 1798 – 14 June 1837) was an Italian philosopher, poet, essayist, and philologist.

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Herodes Atticus

Herodes Atticus (Ἡρώδης; AD 101–177) was an Athenian rhetorician, as well as a Roman senator.

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Homoeroticism

Homoeroticism is sexual attraction between members of the same sex, including both male–male and female–female attraction.

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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.

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Language and Literature

Language and Literature is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles in the field of stylistics.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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List of Roman consuls

This is a list of consuls known to have held office, from the beginning of the Roman Republic to the latest use of the title in Imperial times, together with those magistrates of the Republic who were appointed in place of consuls, or who superseded consular authority for a limited period.

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Loeb Classical Library

The Loeb Classical Library (LCL; named after James Loeb) is a series of books originally published by Heinemann in London, but is currently published by Harvard University Press.

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Love letter

A love letter is an expression of love in written form.

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Lucius Verus

Lucius Aurelius Verus (15 December 130 – January/February 169) was Roman emperor from 161 until his death in 169, alongside his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius.

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Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (English:; 26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher.

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Marcus Minucius Felix

Marcus Minucius Felix (died c. 250 AD in Rome) was one of the earliest of the Latin apologists for Christianity. Marcus Cornelius Fronto and Marcus Minucius Felix are 2nd-century Romans.

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Meditations

Meditations is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from AD 161 to 180, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy.

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Milan

Milan (Milano) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, and the second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome.

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Numidia

Numidia was the ancient kingdom of the Numidians in northwest Africa, initially comprising the territory that now makes up Algeria, but later expanding across what is today known as Tunisia and Libya.

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Nundinium

Nundinium was a Latin word derived from the word nundinum, which referred to the cycle of days observed by the Romans. Marcus Cornelius Fronto and Nundinium are Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome.

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Palimpsest

In textual studies, a palimpsest is a manuscript page, either from a scroll or a book, from which the text has been scraped or washed off in preparation for reuse in the form of another document.

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Quintus Cornelius Senecio Annianus

Quintus Cornelius Senecio Annianus was a Roman senator, who was active during the reign of Antoninus Pius and held several imperial appointments. Marcus Cornelius Fronto and Quintus Cornelius Senecio Annianus are 2nd-century Romans, Cornelii and Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome.

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René-Prosper Tassin

Title page of Volume 4 of Tassin and Toustain's ''Nouveau traité de diplomatique'' (1759) René-Prosper Tassin (17 November 1697 – 10 September 1777) was a French historian, belonging to the Benedictine Congregation of Saint-Maur.

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Roman citizenship

Citizenship in ancient Rome (civitas) was a privileged political and legal status afforded to free individuals with respect to laws, property, and governance.

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Roman consul

A consul was the highest elected public official of the Roman Republic (to 27 BC).

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.

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Roman–Parthian War of 161–166

The Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 (also called the Parthian War of Lucius Verus) was fought between the Roman and Parthian Empires over Armenia and Upper Mesopotamia.

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Rome

Rome (Italian and Roma) is the capital city of Italy.

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Seneca the Younger

Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger (AD 65), usually known mononymously as Seneca, was a Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome, a statesman, dramatist, and in one work, satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature. Marcus Cornelius Fronto and Seneca the Younger are letter writers in Latin, Silver Age Latin writers and Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome.

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Werner Eck

Werner Eck (born 17 December 1939) is professor of Ancient History at Cologne University, Germany, and a noted expert on the history and epigraphy of imperial Rome.

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William J. Dominik

William J. Dominik (born) is an American-Australian scholar of Classical Studies.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Cornelius_Fronto

Also known as Cornelius Fronto.

, William J. Dominik.

Marcus Cornelius Fronto, the Glossary

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100s births

160s deaths

2nd-century Berber people

Cirta

Romans from Africa

Silver Age Latin writers

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