Editing Frontinus (section)

{{short description|Roman civil engineer, author, soldier and senator (c. 40–103 AD)}}
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| name               = Sextus Julius Frontinus
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| birth_place        = c. 40 AD
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| death_place        = {{death year and age|103|40}} AD
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| nationality        = Roman
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| occupation         = Engineer, author, soldier & politician
| notable_works      = ''[[De aquaeductu]]''<br>''[[Strategemata]]''
| office             = [[Roman consul]]
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'''Sextus Julius Frontinus''' (c. 40 – 103 AD) was a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] civil engineer, author, soldier and senator of the late 1st century AD. He was a successful general under [[Domitian]], commanding forces in [[Roman Britain]], and on the [[Rhine]] and [[Danube]] frontiers. A ''[[novus homo]]'', he was [[Roman consul|consul]] three times. Frontinus ably discharged several important administrative duties for [[Nerva]] and [[Trajan]]. However, he is best known to the post-Classical world as an author of technical treatises, especially ''[[De aquaeductu]]'', dealing with the [[aqueducts of Rome]].