num_pages: 448
description: 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.
language: English
title: Frontinus: De Aquaeductu Urbis Romae
titlecomplete: Frontinus: De Aquaeductu Urbis Romae (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 42)
ratings_count: 11
publisher: Cambridge University Press