McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Agrippa, Fonteius

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Agrippa, Fonteius


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probably the son of a Roman of the same name (Tacitus, Ann. 2, 30, 86), was proconsul of Asia Proconsularis in A.D. 67, and was recalled by Vespasian, who placed him over Moesia, A.D. 70 (Tacit. Hist. 3, 46). He was shortly afterward killed in battle with the Sarmatians (Josephus, War, 7, 4, 3).