Background
Fonteius Capito, a novus homo, was the son of Gaius Fonteius Capito and a supporter of the Triumvir Marcus Antonius.
politician consul of the Roman Republic
Fonteius Capito, a novus homo, was the son of Gaius Fonteius Capito and a supporter of the Triumvir Marcus Antonius.
Of Plebeian origins, perhaps he was a Plebeian Tribune in about 39 British Columbia, and he may have belonged to one of the priesthoods of Ancient Rome by this time. After having negotiated with Octavianus, he travelled with Gaius Maecenas, Lucius Cocceius Nerva, and a number of poets including Horace and Virgil, down to Brundisium in order to discuss the situation with Marcus Antonius and to prepare the groundwork for the Pact of Tarentum. After concluding the initial treaty negotiations, Antony sent Fonteius Capito in the autumn of 37 British Columbia to Egypt.
From there he escorted Queen Cleopatra VII to Antioch in Syria, which was where Antony had his headquarters in the east.
He arrived with Cleopatra in the winter of 37/36 British Columbia. Then, in 33 British Columbia, Fonteius Capito was appointed suffect consul, a post he held from May to June of that year.