| Frontinus: de Aquaeductu Urbis Romae Contributor(s): Rodgers, R. H. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521832519 ISBN-13: 9780521832519 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $204.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: Julius Frontinus was appointed by the Emperor Nerva to the post of water commissioner for the city of Rome in 97 CE. In On the Water-Rights of the City of Rome he documents his duties, responsibilities and accomplishments during his first year in office. He also sketches the history of the aqueducts and furnishes a wealth of technical data. This is the most authoritative edition of this work to be published to date. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - General - Foreign Language Study | Latin - History |
| Dewey: 628.150 |
| LCCN: 2003053181 |
| Series: Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries |
| Physical Information: 1.21" H x 6.06" W x 8.8" (1.57 lbs) 448 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Rodgers, R. H.: - R. H. Rodgers is Professor of Classics at the University of Vermont. He is the author of Pietri Diaconi Ortus et vita iustorum cenobii Casinensis (California, 1972) and Palladii Rutilii Tauri Aemiliani Opus agriculturae. De veterinaria medicina. De insitione (Teubner, 1975). |