a jurist, who probably lived about the time of Antoninus Pius, or rather earlier, for he is
cited by Marcianus (who lived under Antoninus and several succeeding emperors), as if he were
an elder contemporary : "Peculium nascitur, crescit, decrescit, moritur, et ideo eleganter
Papirius Fronto dicebat, peculium simile esse homini." (Dig. 15. tit. 1. s. 40. pr.)
Works
Responsa
He published
Responsa (Dig. 14. tit.
2. s. 4.2. fin.); and a third book of this work is cited by Callistratus. (Dig. 50. tit. 16. s. 220.1.)
Probably not the Front who wrote the Decreta
Frontiana
In Dig. 30. s. 114.7, an opinion in which Fronto agrees with
Scaevola is approved of by Marcianus. It is not likely that the
Decreta
Frontiana upon which Aristo wrote, or on which Aristo was cited (Dig. 29. tit. 2. s. ult.), had any connection with the jurist Fronto.
Jurist Fronto not to be confused with the Frontones from the age of the Antonines
There are no sufficient grounds for the identification of the jurist, or the establishment
of his relationship, with any of the Frontones who are known to have lived about the age of
the Antonines.