Julius Fronto

Family: Police · Role: officer · First appears: Histories I.17-20

Life events

• Galba cashiered four officers from the Guards, City Garrison, and Police.(Histories I.17-20)
  • With: Galba Antonius Taurus Antonius Naso Aemilius Pacensis
  • “At this time several officers were cashiered, Antonius Taurus and Antonius Naso of the Guards, Aemilius Pacensis of the City Garrison, and Julius Fronto of the Police.”
• The Othonians arrested Julius Fronto on the same plotting charge.(Histories II.23-26)
  • “It was known that the Othonians had arrested the brother, Julius Fronto, on the same charge.”

Histories I.17-20

• employer: Galba “At this time several officers were cashiered, Antonius Taurus and Antonius Naso of the Guards, Aemilius Pacensis of the City Garrison, and Julius Fronto of the Police. However, this proved no remedy. The others only began to feel alarmed, thinking that Galba's craft and timidity had sacrificed a few, while his suspicions rested on them all.”

Histories II.23-26

• siblings with Julius Gratus “Julius Gratus, the camp-prefect, was put in irons on a charge of plotting with his brother, who was fighting on Otho's side. It was known that the Othonians had arrested the brother, Julius Fronto, on the same charge.”

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Extracted from the original text of Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola. Made with Rho MD.