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Sextus Julius Frontinus (ca. 40-103) was a Roman soldier, politician, engineer and author.

In 70 he was praetor, and five years later was sent into Britain to succeed Quintus Petillius Cerialis as governor of that island. He subdued the Silures and other hostile tribes of Wales, establishing a new base at Caerleon for Legio II Augusta and a network of smaller forts fifteen to twenty kilometres apart for his auxiliary units. He was succeeded by Gnaeus Julius Agricola in 78.

In 95 he was appointed superintendent of the aqueducts (curator aquarum) at Rome, an office only conferred upon persons of very high standing. He was also a member of the College of Augurs.

His chief work is De aquis urbis Romae, in two books, containing a history and description of the water-supply of Rome, including the laws relating to its use and maintenance, and other matters of importance in the history of architecture. Frontinus also wrote a theoretical treatise on military science (De re militari) which is lost. His Strategematicon libri iii is a collection of examples of military stratagems from Greek and Roman history, for the use of officers; a fourth book, the plan and style of which is different from the rest (more stress is laid on the moral aspects of war, e.g. discipline), is probably the work of another writer (best edition by G. Gundermann, 1888). Extracts from a treatise on land surveying ascribed to Frontinus are preserved in Lachmann's Gromatici veteres (1848).

A valuable edition of the De aquis (text and translation) has been published by C. Herschel (Boston, Mass., 1899). It contains numerous illustrations; maps of the routes of the ancient aqueducts and the city of Rome in the time of Frontinus; a photographic reproduction of the only manuscript (the Monscassinensis); several explanatory chapters, and a concise bibliography, in which special reference is made to P. de Tissot, Etude sur Ia condition des agrimensores (1879). There is a complete edition of the works by A. Dederich (1855), and an English translation of the Strategemata by R. Scott (1816); more recent editions include that of both the Aqueducts and the Strategemata in the Loeb Classical Library (1925).

He also appears as a fictionalised character in the Marcus Didius Falco novels Three Hands in the Fountain and The Jupiter Myth.

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Preceded by
Quintus Petillius Cerialis		Roman governors of BritainSucceeded by
Gnaeus Julius Agricola

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The Roman Empire is the name given to both the imperial domain developed by the city-state of Rome and also the corresponding phase of that civilization, characterized by an autocratic form of government. This article however is about the latter.
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Praetor was a title granted by the government of Ancient Rome to men acting in one of two official capacities: the commander of an army, either before it was mustered or more typically in the field, or an elected magistrate assigned duties that varied depending on the
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    Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410. The Romans referred to their province as Britannia.
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    Quintus Petilius Cerialis Caesius Rufus (born ca. 30) was a Roman general.

    His name suggests that he was an adopted son of a Caesius family into the Petilii. His elder brother may have been Caesius Nasica. Cerialis was married to Flavia, oldest sister of Vespasian.
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    This is a partial list of Governors of Roman Britain. As Britannia, Roman Britain was a consular province, which means its governors need to be appointed consul by Rome before they could govern it.
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    The Silures were a powerful and warlike tribe of ancient Britain, occupying approximately the counties of Monmouth, Brecon and Glamorgan.

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    According to Tacitus' biography of Agricola, the Silures usually had a dark complexion and curly hair.
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    Cymru am byth   (Welsh)
    "Wales forever"
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    "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau"
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    Caerleon
    Welsh - Caerllion


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    Legio II Augusta, or Second Augustan Legion, was a Roman legion, levied by Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus in 43 BC, and still operative in Britannia in 4th century. Its emblems were the Capricornus, Pegasus and Mars.
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    Gnaeus Julius Agricola (July 13 40 - August 23, 93) was a Roman general responsible for much of the Roman conquest of Britain. His biography, the De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae
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    aqueducts (Latin aquaeductūs, sing. aquaeductus) to supply water to cities and industrial sites. These aqueducts were among the greatest engineering feats of the ancient world, and set a standard not equaled for over a thousand years after the fall of Rome.
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    The Augur (pl: augures) was a priest and official in the classical world, especially ancient Rome. His main role was to interpret the will of the gods by studying the flight of the birds (flying in groups/alone, what noises they make as they fly, direction of flight and
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    Surveying is the technique and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional space position of points and the distances and angles between them. These points are usually, but not exclusively, associated with positions on the surface of the Earth, and are
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    Karl Konrad Friedrich Wilhelm Lachmann (March 4, 1793 - March 13, 1851), was a German philologist and critic.

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    He was born in Brunswick, in what is now Lower Saxony.

    He studied at Leipzig and Göttingen, devoting himself mainly to philological studies.
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    Loeb Classical Library is a series of books, today published by the Harvard University Press, which presents important works of ancient Greek and Latin Literature in a way designed to make the text accessible to the broadest possible audience, by presenting the original Greek or
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    Marcus Didius Falco is the endearing central character and narrator in a series of novels by Lindsey Davis. Using the conceits of modern detective stories (with Falco as the private investigator, roughly translated into the classical world as a 'private informer'), Ms.
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    Three Hands in the Fountain
    Author Lindsey Davis
    Country United Kingdom
    Language English
    Series Marcus Didius Falco
    Genre(s) Crime
    Publisher Century, Mysterious Press
    Publication date 1997
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    The Jupiter Myth
    Author Lindsey Davis
    Country United Kingdom
    Language English
    Series Marcus Didius Falco
    Genre(s) Crime
    Publisher Century, Mysterious Press
    Publication date 2002
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    Project Gutenberg

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    Quintus Petilius Cerialis Caesius Rufus (born ca. 30) was a Roman general.

    His name suggests that he was an adopted son of a Caesius family into the Petilii. His elder brother may have been Caesius Nasica. Cerialis was married to Flavia, oldest sister of Vespasian.
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    This is a partial list of Governors of Roman Britain. As Britannia, Roman Britain was a consular province, which means its governors need to be appointed consul by Rome before they could govern it.
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    Gnaeus Julius Agricola (July 13 40 - August 23, 93) was a Roman general responsible for much of the Roman conquest of Britain. His biography, the De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae
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