Gaius Caristanius Fronto
Gaius Caristanius Fronto was a Roman politician and senator of the 1st century AD.
He came, probably in the fourth generation, from a family that had settled under Augustus in the newly founded colonia of Antioch ad Pisidiam . He initially held chivalric functions, but was then accepted into the Senate by Vespasian as the first ( homo novus ) of his family. In 74/75 or 75/76 he was a legate in the province of Pontus et Bithynia . From around 76 to 79 he commanded the legio IX Hispana stationed in Britain . In the first years of Domitian's rule , around 81/82 to 83/84, Fronto was governor of Lycia et Pamphylia , where he received numerous honors. In 90 he reached the suffect consulate .
His wife was Calpurnia Paulla, daughter of a Calpurnius Longo. His sons were Gaius Caristanius Fronto and Gaius Caristanius Paulinus, whose senatorial careers are almost completely unknown.
See also
literature
- Edmund Groag : Caristanius 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 2, Stuttgart 1899, Sp. 1592.
- Rudolf Hanslik : Caristanius 1. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 1, Stuttgart 1964, Col. 1055.
- Andreas Krieckhaus: Senatorial families and their patriae (1st / 2nd century AD). Kovač, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 3-8300-1836-3 , pp. 156-160.
- Prosopographia Imperii Romani (PIR )² C 423.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Werner Eck : Annual and provincial fasts of the senatorial governors from 69/70 to 138/139 In: Chiron , Volume 13 (1983), pp. 147-238, here p. 222 ( online ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Caristanius Fronto, Gaius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fronto, Gaius Caristanius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman suffect consul 90 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 76 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 90 |