Frontinus was a successful general under Domitian, commanding forces in Roman Britain, and on the Rhine and Danube frontiers.
16 Facts About Frontinus
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Frontinus ably discharged several important administrative duties for Nerva and Trajan.
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Between that date and being appointed governor of Britain to succeed Quintus Petillius Cerialis a few years later, Frontinus was appointed suffect consul.
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Frontinus was succeeded by Gnaeus Julius Agricola, the father-in-law of the famous historian Tacitus, in 77.
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Birley believes it "is fair to speculate" that Frontinus was with Domitian during the German campaign of 83.
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Frontinus died in 103 or 104, a date based on Pliny the Younger writing to his friends that he was elected to the college of augurs to fill the vacancy Frontinus' death had created.
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Frontinus describes the quality of water delivered by each, mainly depending on their source, be it river, lake, or spring.
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Frontinus says that many had been neglected and were not working at their full capacity.
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Frontinus was especially concerned by diversion of the supply by unscrupulous farmers and tradesmen, among many others.
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Frontinus was well aware of the seminal work De architectura by Vitruvius, which mentions aqueduct construction and maintenance published in the previous century; Frontinus refers to the possible influence of Vitruvius on the plumbers.
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However, Frontinus criticized the practice of mixing supplies from different sources, and one of his first decisions was to separate the waters from each system.
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Frontinus reviewed the existing law governing the state aqueducts, as well as the need for enforcement of those statutes.
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Frontinus wrote a theoretical treatise on military science, which is lost.
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Frontinus's extant work on military matters, the Stratagems, is a collection of examples of military stratagems from Greek and Roman history, for the use of generals.
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Frontinus appears as a fictionalised character in the Marcus Didius Falco novels The Silver Pigs, Shadows in Bronze, Three Hands in the Fountain, and The Jupiter Myth.
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Frontinus appears as a character in The Centurions novels Barbarian Princess and The Emperor's Games.