Stratagems. Aqueducts of Rome [Latin]

by Sextus Julius Frontinus and Frontinus

Book Overview

Ancient expertise on water and warfare.

Frontinus, Sextus Iulius, ca. AD 35-103, was a capable Roman civil officer and military commander. Praetor of the city in 70 and consul in 73 or 74, 98 and 100, he was, about the year 76, sent to Britain as governor. He quelled the Silures of Wales, and began to build a road through their territory; his place was taken by Agricola in 78. In 97 he was given the highly esteemed office of Manager...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Latin
• ISBN: 0674991923
• ISBN13: 9780674991927
• Release Date: January 1925
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.3" x 6.8"