Fronto
Family: Roman · Role: commander · First appears: Book VI, Chapter 4
In Book VI, Chapter 4, Fronto grew bold with Alexander and Cerealis after Titus’ declaration and agreed with Titus’s opinion. By Book VI, Chapter 9, Caesar counted Fronto among his friends, setting him alongside one of his freedmen.
Around c. 70, at the temple, Fronto determined the fates of the prisoners: he sentenced the seditious and robbers to death and selected the tallest and most beautiful young men for the triumph. “there perished, for want of food, eleven thousand” while he was distinguishing among them.
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Life events
- c. 70 · Fronto sentenced seditious and robber prisoners to death and selected youths for triumph.(Book VI, Chapter 9 · 📍 the temple)
- “So this Fronto slew all those that had been seditious and robbers, who were impeached one by another; but of the young men he chose out the tallest and most beautiful, and reserved them for the triumph”
- c. 70 · Thousands of prisoners died from starvation while Fronto determined their fates.(Book VI, Chapter 9 · 📍 the temple)
- “Now during the days wherein Fronto was distinguishing these men, there perished, for want of food, eleven thousand”
Book VI, Chapter 4
- with Titus (Fronto agreed with Titus's opinion.) “So Fronto, and Alexander, and Cerealis grew bold upon that declaration, and agreed to the opinion of Titus.”
- with Titus (interaction) “So Fronto, and Alexander, and Cerealis grew bold upon that declaration, and agreed to the opinion of Titus.”
Book VI, Chapter 9
- friends with Titus “over which Caesar set one of his freed-men, as also Fronto, one of his own friends”
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Extracted from the original text of The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem. Made with Rho MD.