About Gaius Fonteius Capito
Lived 100 BC – 100. Gaius Fonteius Capito was a Roman politician and military personnel.
Gaius Fonteius Capito (fl. AD 12) was a Roman senator during the Principate. He served as ordinary consul as the colleague of Germanicus in AD 12, and later as proconsul of Asia.
Family Capito was born a member of the plebeian gens Fonteia. He was the son of Gaius Fonteius Capito (consul suffectus of 33 BC), who was a novus homo ("new man") and the first of the Fonteii to obtain the consulship. This Capito's son was also named Gaius Fonteius Capito, and became consul as well in AD 59.
Career The date the sortition awarded Capito proconsul of Asia was about ten years after his consulship, that is AD 23/24, although Ronald Syme admits it might have occurred the previous year.
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Who was Gaius Fonteius Capito?
consul with Germanicus in 12 AD
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Gaius Fonteius Capito was born in 100 BC in Ancient Rome.
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Gaius Fonteius Capito died in 100.
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Gaius Fonteius Capito was a politician and military personnel.
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Gaius Fonteius Capito was Roman.
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· Wikipedia: Gaius Fonteius Capito
· DBpedia: Gaius Fonteius Capito (consul AD 12)
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