Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

FONT1965 M. Fonteius (12) Pap.

Relationships

son of
-. Fonteius (2) (leg. lieut.? 90) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Font. 41

brother of
Fonteia (31) (vestal. 91) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Font. 46

related to
? M'. Fonteius (10) (leg. lieut. 75 to 72) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

  • Monetalis before 87 (RRC) Expand
    • Ref. 347 (RRC)
  • Quaestor 84 urbanus, Rome (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 2 The date of the quaestorship of Fonteius is subsequent to the Valerian law regulating payment of debts (see 86, Consuls) and before Sulla's return to Italy in 83 (Cic.). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Served under Licinius Murena in Asia Minor (I. V. Priene, 12 1, line 44). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 81 Hispania Ulterior (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate, probably under Annius in Farther Spain (Cic. Font. 6 and 45). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 77 Macedonia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Served in Macedonia, probably under Ap. Claudius Pulcher (Cic. Font. 44). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant)? 76 Macedonia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • He perhaps continued to serve under Ap. Claudius Pulcher in Macedonia (Cic. Font. 44). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Praetor? 75 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • See 74, Promagistrates. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Quaestor 84, Praetor 75? Monetalis. In MRR 2.440, and Index, 566, refer also to Crawford, RRC 1.361, no. 347, before 87 B.C. Propraetor in Gallia Transalpina, 75-73 or 74-72. See MRR 2.104, 109, note 6, for the dates 74-72; cf. Badian, Mel. Piganiol 911-912. If Pompey and his army wintered in Gaul in 75-74, instead of 74-73, Fonteius' praetorship would be dated to 76, and his command of three years in Gaul to 75- 73. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Propraetor? 75 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Quaestor 84, Praetor 75? Monetalis. In MRR 2.440, and Index, 566, refer also to Crawford, RRC 1.361, no. 347, before 87 B.C. Propraetor in Gallia Transalpina, 75-73 or 74-72. See MRR 2.104, 109, note 6, for the dates 74-72; cf. Badian, Mel. Piganiol 911-912. If Pompey and his army wintered in Gaul in 75-74, instead of 74-73, Fonteius' praetorship would be dated to 76, and his command of three years in Gaul to 75- 73. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Propraetor 74 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 6 The dates of Fonteius' command in Gaul have been disputed, and the beginning has been placed as early as 77 (Maurenbrecher on Sall. Hist. p. 227 f.). He was in command of Gaul when Pompey wintered there with his army, therefore either in 77-6 or in 74-3 (see above, on Pompey). Cicero's reference to cavalry which he sent from Gaul to Roman wars over all the world, and the length of his tenure of command both favor the later date (cf. however, Jullian, Histoire de la Gaule 3. 111, note 1). As in the case of Verres and elsewhere, Cicero uses the term praetor to cover also the years of prorogued imperium. (Font. 11 and 16). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Governor, probably pro praetore (Cic. Font. 11 and 16), of Transalpine Gaul for three years (Font. 32). He aided the commanders in Spain with troops and supplies and others elsewhere with troops (ib. 13 and 16), and carried on some military activity in Gaul itself (ib. 12-14, 26, 46, and 49). Prosecuted for extortion shortly after 70 B.C. (ib. 17-23; cf. Sall. Hist. 3.46M). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Quaestor 84, Praetor 75? Monetalis. In MRR 2.440, and Index, 566, refer also to Crawford, RRC 1.361, no. 347, before 87 B.C. Propraetor in Gallia Transalpina, 75-73 or 74-72. See MRR 2.104, 109, note 6, for the dates 74-72; cf. Badian, Mel. Piganiol 911-912. If Pompey and his army wintered in Gaul in 75-74, instead of 74-73, Fonteius' praetorship would be dated to 76, and his command of three years in Gaul to 75- 73. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Propraetor 73 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Propraetor in Transalpine Gaul (see 74, Promagistrates). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Quaestor 84, Praetor 75? Monetalis. In MRR 2.440, and Index, 566, refer also to Crawford, RRC 1.361, no. 347, before 87 B.C. Propraetor in Gallia Transalpina, 75-73 or 74-72. See MRR 2.104, 109, note 6, for the dates 74-72; cf. Badian, Mel. Piganiol 911-912. If Pompey and his army wintered in Gaul in 75-74, instead of 74-73, Fonteius' praetorship would be dated to 76, and his command of three years in Gaul to 75- 73. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Propraetor? 72 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Probably Pro-praetor in Transalpine Gaul (see 74, Promagistrates) The latest possible date for the last year of his triennium in Gaul. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Quaestor 84, Praetor 75? Monetalis. In MRR 2.440, and Index, 566, refer also to Crawford, RRC 1.361, no. 347, before 87 B.C. Propraetor in Gallia Transalpina, 75-73 or 74-72. See MRR 2.104, 109, note 6, for the dates 74-72; cf. Badian, Mel. Piganiol 911-912. If Pompey and his army wintered in Gaul in 75-74, instead of 74-73, Fonteius' praetorship would be dated to 76, and his command of three years in Gaul to 75- 73. (Broughton MRR III)

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