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Frontinus, Sextus Iulius
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Frontinus, Sextus Iulius. Governor of Britain (73/4–77). Of unknown origins, he was probably a legionary legate by 70 and must then have held the consulship before coming to Britain.
Tacitus explicitly credits him with campaigning against the
Silures of south Wales, but otherwise passes over Frontinus' governorship in a sentence. Archaeology strongly suggests that he campaigned well into northern Britain, laying the groundwork for Tacitus' hero
Agricola to build on. After leaving Britain he was consul twice more (98, 100) and
curator aquarum, in charge of the water supply of Rome itself. His military experiences were memorialized in his book the
Stratagemata, and his volume
De aquis remains an invaluable work of reference on the practicalities of Roman water supply.
Alan Simon Esmonde Cleary
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Historical Notes: The man in charge of the aqua company
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/6/1998; ; 700+ words
; SEXTUS JULIUS Frontinus was an extremely capable and versatile...towards the frontier on the Fosse Way. Frontinus carried out a large-scale campaign...for themselves. Domitian feared that Frontinus' successor in Britain, Julius Agricola...
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Importance of making correct decisions part two: Methods to resolve faulty thinking
Magazine article from: Mining Engineering; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...for further development," Julius Frontinus, highly respected engineer in Rome, 1st century A.D. Julius Frontinus seems to have fallen prone to the...estimates arc accurate judgements. Frontinus saw no new developments in his time...
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Christianity was the first technologically driven religion
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 12/25/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...contemporary of Jesus, Sextus Julius Frontinus, wrote a book recounting his experience...gave the Romans potable water. Yet poor Frontinus was painfully aware that later generations...though famous, works of the Greeks," Frontinus almost pleaded with readers. Romans...
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The new strategy of the indirect approach.
Magazine article from: Military Thought; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...indirect approach (SIA). One of these predecessors was Frontinus, a Roman historian. In his work, Les Stratagemes, he reviewed...in the past that were known to him from historical works. Frontinus classified all of those military stratagems by the type of...
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CHANGING TIMES
Newspaper article from: Sunday Star-Times; 1/14/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...learning - and eating - a decade from now. J ULIUS SEXTUS Frontinus stepped out of the time machine, typed his name into Google...dreamt of three decades ago. Yep. As a cannier analyst than Frontinus once said, the only constant is change itself. So how will...
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Standards past, present and future. (Standards in the 21st Century: a comprehensive review of standardisation is essential if it is survive).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Medical Device Technology; 5/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...survived in name or spirit, even if changing in value, for example, "libra "from which the British "pound" comes. 96 AD: Frontinus documented the customs and technology of aqueducts and compiled a catalogue of the standard dimensions of Roman pipes and...
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Cassandra: In my expert opinion..(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 9/8/2003; 700+ words
; ...future. It showed - rather expertly - how useless experts are. All of them, from the Roman engineering expert Sextus Julius Frontinus, who said 2,000 years ago that everything useful had already been invented, to Astronomer Royal Sir Harold Spencer Jones...
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Environmental biotechnology: theory and applications.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Chemistry and Industry; 8/18/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...purifies water. The Romans, predictably, used technology to protect water resources. A Roman engineer, Sextus Julius Frontinus, in two books (AD 98) describes settling reservoirs and pebble catchers built into aquaducts. The first sand filter...
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Book collects best fighting words through the ages. (for the people).
Magazine article from: Insight on the News; 4/1/2002; ; 656 words
; ...Predictions" -- most of them wrong and misguided. In 90 A.D., nearly 2,000 years ago, for example, a Roman named Frontinus declared "Engines of war have long since reached their limits, and I see no further hope of any improvement in the art...
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The construction of the Pantheon in Rome.(Book Reviews)(The Building of the Pantheon--Planning, Construction, Logistics)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Architectural Science Review; 6/1/2004; 700+ words
; ...mentions the problems of constructing the buildings. Neither do any of the other writers who mention buildings in passing. Frontinus tells us about the construction of the aqueducts, and this also yields information on the construction of road bridges...
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Sextus Julius Frontinus
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sextus Julius Frontinus The Roman magistrate, soldier, and engineer Sextus Julius Frontinus (ca. 35-ca. 104) is known primarily as a technical writer. Frontinus seems to have been of patrician descent, and his writings indicate that he...
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Frontinus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Frontinus (Sextus Julius Frontinus) , fl. AD 74, Roman administrator and writer. As governor...successfully done, that probably rendered possible the achievements of Frontinus' successor, Agricola . From his experience as curator aquarum...
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Frontinus, Sextus Iulius
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Frontinus, Sextus Iulius. Governor of Britain (73/4–77). Of unknown...campaigning against the Silures of south Wales, but otherwise passes over Frontinus' governorship in a sentence. Archaeology strongly suggests that he campaigned...
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Frontinus, Sextus Julius
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Frontinus, Sextus Julius ( c. 35–105). Roman author of a major, clearly written, uncluttered treatise ( De Aquæ...
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Balbus (Balbus Mensor[?])
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...x201D; Other manuscripts name Frontinus — or even Fronto —...edition) its anonymous author credits Frontinus with a definition actually derived from...spurious, is believed to be the work of Frontinus; compare C. Thulin, “ Die...
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