Sextus Julius Frontinus

Sextus Julius Frontinus

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Roman civil engineer, author, soldier and senator (c.

About Sextus Julius Frontinus

Sextus Julius Frontinus was a Roman civil engineer, author, soldier and senator of the late 1st century AD. He was a successful general under Domitian, commanding forces in Roman Britain, and on the Rhine and Danube frontiers. A novus homo, he was consul three times. Frontinus ably discharged several important administrative duties for Nerva and Trajan. However, he is best known to the post-Classical world as an author of technical treatises, especially De aquaeductu, dealing with the aqueducts of Rome.

Notable works:

The stratagems of war, or, A collection of the most celebrated practices and wise sayings of the great generals in former ages

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