Fronto (
Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
for a person with a large forehead) may refer to:
* Various Romans with the
cognomen
A ''cognomen'' (; : ''cognomina''; from ''co-'' "together with" and ''(g)nomen'' "name") was the third name of a citizen of ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. Initially, it was a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became hereditar ...
''Fronto'':
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Fronto of Emesa (3rd century), a famous rhetorician and uncle of Cassius Longinus
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Gaius Caristanius Fronto (1st century), a Roman soldier and eques whom Vespasian promoted to the Roman Senate
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Marcus Claudius Fronto (AD 170), a Roman senator and Consul, and a general in the Imperial Roman army
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Marcus Cornelius Fronto (c. 100 – late 160s), a Roman grammarian and rhetorician
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''Fronto'', a genus of beetles in the tribe Hyperini
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Valencian frontó, a modified version of the Basque Pelota game
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