Frontinus
Sign in to saveSextus Julius Frontinus (c. 40 – 103 AD) 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.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 0030-01-01
- Died
- 0103-00-00
- Works
- 119
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Aqueducts of Rome
· 1925 · cited 18x
- Stratagems
· 1925 · cited 10x
- Strategemata
· 1990 · cited 4x
- De aquaeductu urbis Romae
· 1998 · cited 1x
- ROMAN PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING.
· 1980 · cited 1x
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Sextus Julius Frontinus
- Person.birth_place
- c. 40 AD
- Person.occupation
- Engineer, author, soldier & politician
- Person.notable_works
- De aquaeductuStrategemata
- Person.office
- Roman consul
- Person.children
- 1+
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 30
- Died
- 103
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Gallia Narbonensis
- Occupation
- architect
- Position held
- Roman consul
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Notable work
- Strategemata
- Image
- Sextus Iulius Frontinus 1788 (cropped).jpg
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16 sectionsContents
- Family
- Career
- Writings
- Aqueducts of Rome
- Fraud and theft
- Distribution system
- Maintenance
- Military tactics
- Selected editions and translations
- ''De aquaeductu''
- Other works
- In fiction
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Sextus Julius Frontinus (c. 40 – 103 AD) 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.
== Family == Due to a lack of either a titulus honorarius or sepulcralis, there is no outline of Frontinus' life, the names of his parents, or of his wife. Some details can be inferred from chance mentions: He is thought to be of Narbonese origins, and originally of the equestrian class. From the nomenclature of the name of Publius Calvisius Ruso Julius Frontinus (consul c. 84), it is likely Frontinus had a sister, who was the other's mother. Frontinus had at least one daughter, the wife of Quintus Sosius Senecio (cos. 99, II 107) and mother of Sosia Polla.