Gaius Fonteius Capito (consul AD 12)
Gaius Fonteius Capito (fl. AD 12) was a politician of the early Roman Empire. He served as consul alongside Germanicus in AD 12, and later as proconsul of Asia.[1]
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. His son was also named Gaius Fonteius Capito, and became consul as well in AD 59.
Career
He shared the consulship with Germanicus in AD 12.
It is unknown when exactly Capito was proconsul of Asia, but it was before AD 25 and may have been in AD 22, after Maluginensis was disqualified.[1]
In AD 25, during the consulship of Cossus Cornelius and Asinius Agrippa, Capito was acquitted of charges made against him by the younger Vibius Serenus.[2]
See also
References
- 1 2 Yardley 2008, p. 441
- ↑ Tacitus, The Annals, IV.36
Sources
- Prosopographia Imperii Romani, F 311
- Tacitus, Cornelius (2008), The Annals: The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero, translated by Yardley, J. C., Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-282421-9
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Manius Aemilius Lepidus, and Titus Statilius Taurus |
Consul of the Roman Empire AD 12 with Germanicus |
Succeeded by Gaius Silius, and Lucius Munatius Plancus |