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Marcus Cornelius Fronto

100 - 160

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Marcus Cornelius Fronto (c. 100 – late 160s AD), best known as Fronto, was a Roman grammarian, rhetorician, and advocate. Of Berber origin, he was born at Cirta (modern-day Constantine, Algeria) in Numidia. He was suffect consul for the nundinium of July–August 142 with Gaius Laberius Priscus as his colleague. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marcus Cornelius Fronto is the 410th most popular philosopher (up from 553rd in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Algeria (up from 48th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Algerian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Marcus Cornelius Fronto ranks 410 out of 1,267. Before him are Luce Irigaray, E. H. Carr, Yajnavalkya, Paul Tillich, Thomas Hill Green, and Mulla Sadra. After him are Jean Gerson, Hilary Putnam, Leszek Kołakowski, Bharadwaja, Francis Hutcheson, and Alain de Benoist.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 100, Marcus Cornelius Fronto ranks 23. Before him are Ananias of Damascus, Cornelius the Centurion, Agabus, Thaddeus of Edessa, Philip the Evangelist, and Antipas of Pergamum. After him are Domitia Longina, Mithridates V of Parthia, Simeon of Jerusalem, Claudia Acte, Vologases III of Parthia, and Aretaeus of Cappadocia. Among people deceased in 160, Marcus Cornelius Fronto ranks 2. Before him is Marcion of Sinope. After him are Valentinus, Shimon bar Yochai, and Quintus Lollius Urbicus.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Marcus Cornelius Fronto ranks 31 out of 213. Before him are Jacques Rancière (1940), Ptolemy of Mauretania (-9), Syphax (-250), Marcel Cerdan (1916), Hélène Cixous (1937), and Edwige Fenech (1948). After him are Chadli Bendjedid (1929), Marlène Jobert (1940), Bernard-Henri Lévy (1948), Mohamed Boudiaf (1919), Sidi Boushaki (1394), and Assia Djebar (1936).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Algeria

Among philosophers born in Algeria, Marcus Cornelius Fronto ranks 6. Before him are Augustine of Hippo (354), Jacques Derrida (1930), Louis Althusser (1918), Martianus Capella (360), and Jacques Rancière (1940). After him are Priscian (500), Émile Boirac (1851), and Catherine Malabou (1959).

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