S. I. Frontini De Aquaeductibus Urbis Romae Commentarius


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This classic work by Sextus Julius Frontinus provides an in-depth study of the Roman aqueduct system, which was crucial to the functioning of the city's water supply. The book is presented in its original Latin text, with critical annotations and commentary by Georg Christian Adler and Giovanni Poleni. This edition is an essential resource for anyone interested in ancient Roman engineering and technology. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.




Frontinus: De Aquaeductu Urbis Romae


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In 97 CE Julius Frontinus was appointed by the Emperor Nerva to the post of water commissioner for the city of Rome. In the De Aquaductu Urbis Romae he sets forth his duties, responsibilities and accomplishments during his first year in office. He sketches the history of the aqueducts, furnishes a wealth of technical data and quotes verbatim from legal documents. This edition is the first since 1922 to be based on the single authoritative witness discovered at Monte Cassino in 1429 and is also the first to take into account the idiosyncrasies of its twelfth-century scribe, Peter the Deacon, a man notorious for literary affectations of his own. R. H. Rodgers provides the first full commentary since the early eighteenth century, dividing his attention between text and language on the one hand and content and interpretation on the other.
















Aqueduct Hunting in the Seventeenth Century


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An insightful assessment of the work of Raffaele Fabretti, the first researcher of Rome's aqueduct system