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The Correspondence of Marcus Cornelius Fronto

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THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY

EDITED BY

E. CAPPS, Ph.D., LL.D.⁠T. E. PAGE, Litt.D.⁠W. H. D. ROUSE, Litt.D.

 

MARCUS CORNELIUS
FRONTO

I

 

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THE YOUNG MARCUS AURELIUS
CAPITOLINE MUSEUM

 
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THE CORRESPONDENCE OF

MARCUS CORNELIUS
FRONTO

WITH MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS,
LUCIUS VERUS, ANTONINUS PIUS, AND
VARIOUS FRIENDS

EDITED AND FOR THE FIRST TIME TRANSLATED
INTO ENGLISH BY
C. R. HAINES, M.A., F.S.A.

IN TWO VOLUMES
I


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LONDON : WILLIAM HEINEMANN
NEW YORK : G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
MCMXIX

 
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PREFACE

This, the first edition of Fronto in English, has been a work of more than ordinary difficulty. Before a satisfactory translation could be attempted a new text had to be formed based on the labours of Studemund, Brakman, and Hauler. The single MS., which alone is available, is part of a palimpsest in two volumes made up of leaves from various old MSS., the Fronto leaves being arranged anyhow, besides being incomplete, full of lacunae and erasures, and generally difficult, sometimes impossible, to decipher. A first-hand acquaintance with the original, which is partly at Milan and partly at Rome, has been impossible, and the facsimile of the Vatican portion will be seen, by anyone who inspects it, to be of small use to an editor.

Little could have been done for a fundamental improvement of Naber's standard text without Dr. Hauler's numerous contributions to its recension, based upon his laborious examination of the Codex, ​and I cannot but acknowledge my very great debt to him in that regard. Much help has also been given me by J. W. E. Pearce, M.A. Oxon., and Miss M. D. Brock, Litt.D. Dublin.

C. R. HAINES.

⁠Petersfield,
⁠February, 1919. ​
 

CONTENTS

PAGE
PREFACE v
INTRODUCTION ix
FRONTO, THE ORATOR AND THE MAN ⁠ xxiii
BIBLIOGRAPHY xliii
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE lii
SIGLA lv
THE CORRESPONDENCE 1

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THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY

EDITED BY

E. CAPPS, Ph.D., LL.D.⁠T. E. PAGE, Litt.D.⁠W. H. D. ROUSE, Litt.D.

 

MARCUS CORNELIUS
FRONTO

II

 

​

THE CORRESPONDENCE OF

MARCUS CORNELIUS
FRONTO

WITH MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS,
LUCIUS VERUS, ANTONINUS PIUS, AND
VARIOUS FRIENDS

EDITED AND FOR THE FIRST TIME TRANSLATED
INTO ENGLISH BY
C. R. HAINES, M.A., F.S.A.

IN TWO VOLUMES
II


William Heinemann logo.png


LONDON : WILLIAM HEINEMANN
NEW YORK : G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
MCMXX

 
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CONTENTS

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THE CORRESPONDENCE 1
OTHER MISCELLANEOUS REMAINS OF FRONTO 249
MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS OF MARCUS AURELIUS ⁠ 287
INDEXES 321

LIST OF LETTERS

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