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Record Nr.

UNISA996218335503316

Autore

Frontinus Sextus Julius

Titolo

Stratagems : Aqueducts of Rome / / Frontinus ; with an English translation by C.E. Bennett ; edited by Mary B. McElwain ; the translation of The aqueducts being a revision of that of Clemens Herschel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA : , : Harvard University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-674-99192-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : maps, halftones, tables

Collana

Loeb Classical Library ; ; 174

Soggetti

Aqueducts - Italy - Rome - Early works to 1800

Military art and science - Early works to 1800

Water-supply - Early works to 1800

Water-supply - Italy - Rome - Early works to 1800

Aqueducts

Military art and science

Water-supply

Electronic books.

Italy Rome

Rome (Empire)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

Frontinus' Stratagems, written after 84 CE, gives examples of military stratagems and discipline from Greek and Roman history, for the instruction of Roman officers. The Aqueducts of Rome, written in 97-98, gives some historical details and a description of the aqueducts for the water supply of the city, with laws relating to them.