•
Titus Fonteius was
legate of
Publius Cornelius Scipio in
Spain, BC 212. After Scipio's defeat and death, the soldiers chose Lucius Marcius to lead them, in place of Fonteius, who was the senior officer of the legions. However, Fonteius remained second in command, and if he is the same Fonteius mentioned by Frontinus, he was a brave, if not an able officer. • Marcus Fonteius, praetor of
Sardinia, BC 166. • Manius Fonteius C. f., a senator
circa 164 BC. • Gaius Fonteius,
triumvir monetalis in 114 or 113 BC. He was then legate of the praetor Gnaeus Servilius Caepio, with whom he was slain in a popular tumult at
Asculum in
Picenum on the breaking out of the
Social War in 90. • Marcus Fonteius C. f., before 87 BC, even though he did not mint coins. He was praetor in an uncertain year, and
propraetor in
Gallia Narbonensis from 76 to 73 BC. He was prosecuted for extortion and misgovernment in 69, and defended by Cicero. • Manius Fonteius C. f., in 85 BC. He was possibly the military tribune named on a denarius of Publius Fonteius Capito in 55. • Fonteia C. f., a
Vestal Virgin in 69 BC, and sister of Marcus and Manius Fonteius, defended by
Cicero in his oration,
Pro Fonteio. Cicero produced Fonteia at her brother's trial, to move the compassion of the judges. • Publius Fonteius, a youth of obscure family, whom
Publius Clodius Pulcher chose for his adopted father, although Fonteius was only twenty years old, and Clodius was thirty-five. The object was to permit Clodius, a patrician, to pass over to the plebeians and serve as
tribune of the plebs. The adoption, though illegal and absurd, was passed in BC 60, and Fonteius' first and only paternal act was to emancipate his adopted son. • Fonteius Magnus, probably a native of
Bithynia, was a pleader of causes, and one of the accusers of Varenus Rufus for extortion while proconsul of Bithynia. The younger
Plinius defended Varenus, and Fonteius spoke in reply.
Fonteii Capitones , an allusion to Cicero's "harmony of the orders". The reverse shows the
Villa Publica, with on the left the name of Titus Didius, who restored the building in 98 BC. • Titus Fonteius Capito was praetor in BC 178, and obtained the command in
Hispania Ulterior, which was left to him also for the year following, with the title of proconsul. • Publius Fonteius Capito was praetor in BC 169, and obtained Sardinia as his province. • Publius Fonteius P. f. Capito, in 55 BC. From the symbolism of his coins, it appears that he was a supporter of
Cicero and possibly a relative of
Titus Didius, the consul of 98. He should not be confused with the adoptive father of Publius Clodius Pulcher, considering Cicero's enmity toward him. •
Gaius Fonteius C. f. Capito, consul in 33 BC. He is probably the same Gaius Fonteius Capito who accompanied Maecenas in 37 BC, when the latter was dispatched by
Octavian to restore friendship between himself and
Marcus Antonius. •
Gaius Fonteius C. f. C. n. Capito, consul in AD 12, together with
Germanicus. Afterward he was appointed proconsul of Asia. In 25, he was accused by Vibius Severus of maladministration during his government of Asia, but Fonteius was acquitted due to lack of evidence. •
Gaius Fonteius C. f. C. n. Capito, consul in AD 59. •
Fonteius C. f. C. n. Capito, consul in AD 67. May be the same Fonteius Capito who was put to death in Germania during the reign of Galba, in AD 68, on the ground of having attempted to excite an insurrection.
Fonteii Balbi • Publius Fonteius Balbus,
praetor in Spain, BC 168. • Marcus Fonteius C. f. Balbus, only known from an inscription. He was perhaps the same as the praetor of
Sardinia in BC 166.
Fonteii Agrippae •
Gaius Fonteius Agrippa, one of the accusers of
Marcus Scribonius Libo in AD 16. In 19, he offered his daughter for a Vestal Virgin. • Fonteia C. f., offered for a Vestal Virgin in AD 19. •
Gaius Fonteius (C. f.) Agrippa, proconsul of
Asia in AD 69, he was recalled by
Vespasian and placed over
Moesia in 70. He was shortly afterwards killed in battle by the
Sarmatians. ==See also==