Fonteius

Fonteius was the name ( nomen gentile ) of a plebeian family in ancient Rome, the gens Fonteia . Outside of Rome, members of the family are found mainly in Etruria and Tusculum . In the 1st century BC Fonteii came to senatorial offices, at the end of the republic to the consulate for the first time .

Well-known bearers of the name were:

• Fonteius (Legate) , Legate 91 BC Chr.
• Manius Fonteius , praetor probably 74 BC Chr.
• Tiberius Fonteius , Legate 212 or 211 BC Chr.
• Gaius Fonteius Agrippa (suffect consul 58)
• Publius Fonteius Balbus , Praetor 168 BC Chr.
• Fonteius Capito , Roman politician and senator, consul in AD 67
• Gaius Fonteius Capito (Praetor) , Roman politician, Praetor 169 BC Chr.
• Gaius Fonteius Capito (suffect consul 33 BC) , Roman politician
• Gaius Fonteius Capito (Consul 12) , Roman politician and senator
• Gaius Fonteius Capito (Consul 59) , Roman politician
• Titus Fonteius Capito , Roman politician, praetor 178 BC. Chr.
• Decimus Fonteius Frontinianus Lucius Stertinius Rufus , suffect consul 162 AD.

literature

• Hans Georg Gundel , Rudolf Hanslik , Peter Lebrecht Schmidt : Fonteius. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 2, Stuttgart 1967, Sp. 590-593.