De aquaeductu is a two-book official report given to the emperor on the state of the aqueducts of Rome, and was written by Julius Sextus Frontinus at the end of the first century AD. It is also known as De Aquis or De Aqueductibus Urbis Romae. It is the earliest official report of an investigation made by a distinguished citizen on Roman engineering works to have has survived. Frontinus had been appointed Water Commissioner by the emperor Nerva in 95 AD.

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  • De aquaeductu is a two-book official report given to the emperor on the state of the aqueducts of Rome, and was written by Julius Sextus Frontinus at the end of the first century AD. It is also known as De Aquis or De Aqueductibus Urbis Romae. It is the earliest official report of an investigation made by a distinguished citizen on Roman engineering works to have has survived. Frontinus had been appointed Water Commissioner by the emperor Nerva in 95 AD.
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  • February 2009
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  • Frontin+Sextus+Julius
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  • Sextus Julius Frontinus
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  • De aquaeductu is a two-book official report given to the emperor on the state of the aqueducts of Rome, and was written by Julius Sextus Frontinus at the end of the first century AD. It is also known as De Aquis or De Aqueductibus Urbis Romae. It is the earliest official report of an investigation made by a distinguished citizen on Roman engineering works to have has survived. Frontinus had been appointed Water Commissioner by the emperor Nerva in 95 AD.
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  • De aquaeductu
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