Fronto, Marcus Cornelius°
FRONTO, MARCUS CORNELIUS°
FRONTO, MARCUS CORNELIUS ° (c. 100–175), Roman rhetorician. Addressing his former pupil, Marcus *Aurelius, he refers to numerous casualties (not recorded elsewhere) inflicted on Roman armies by the Jews during Hadrian's reign.
[Jacob Petroff]
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