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en-wikipedia-org-2161		Marcus Cornelius Fronto - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2073	255	66	These fragments disappointed Romantic scholars as not matching the writer's great reputation, partly because Fronto's teachings, with their emphasis on studying ancient writers in search of striking words, were not in accordance with current fashion (Italy, where not only Mai but Leopardi enthused over them, was an exception), partly because they gave no support to the assumption that Fronto had been a wise counsellor to Marcus Aurelius (indeed, they contain no trace of political advice), partly because his frequent complaints about ill-health, especially those collected in book 5 of Ad M. The bulk of the letters consist of correspondence with Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, in which the character of Fronto's pupils appears in a very favourable light, especially in the affection they both seem to have retained for their old master[14] There are also letters to friends, chiefly letters of recommendation, but including one (Ad amicos 1. The Loeb Classical Library printed an edition of Fronto's correspondence with a facing English translation by C. ^ Edward Champlin, Fronto and Antonine Rome (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1980), 7–8. ^ Greek Letters-Marcus Cornelius Fronto	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2161.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2161.txt