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Frontinus
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Roman civil engineer, author, soldier and senator (c. 30 – 103 AD)

Also known as: Sextus Iulius Frontinus, Frontin, Frontinius, Sextus Julius Frontinus, Секст Юлий Фронтин, فرونتينوس

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Known works

  • The stratagems of war, or, A collection of the most celebrated practices and wise sayings of the great generals in former ages
  • Les aqueducs de la ville de Rome
  • Strategemata
  • The Stratagems, and the Aqueducts of Rome
  • The Two Books on the Water Supply of the City of Rome of Sextus Julius .. (1899)