Frontinus

Frontinus, SEXTUS JULIUS, a Roman author and administrator who flourished in the second half of the 1st century. In 75 A.D. he was appointed governor of Britain, where he conquered the Silures, and vigorously maintained the imperial authority. He was twice consul in the course of his life, and in 97 was made superintendent of the water-works at Rome. He died about 104. Several works are attributed to Frontinus, only two of which are certainly genuine, the Strategematicon, a treatise on the Art of War, in four books, and the De Aquis Urbis Romæ, in two. His works have been edited by Dederich (Leip. 1855).