De aquaeductu urbis Romae / Frontinus ; edited with introduction and commentary by R. H. Rodgers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frontinus, Sextus Julius.

Contributor:

Rodgers, Robert H. (Robert Howard), 1944-

Series:

Cambridge classical texts and commentaries ; 42.

Cambridge classical texts and commentaries ; 42

Standardized Title:

De aquis urbis Romae

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

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

Water-supply.

Aqueducts--Italy--Rome--Early works to 1800.

Aqueducts.

Water-supply--Early works to 1800.

Aqueducts--Early works to 1800.

Italy--Rome.

Physical Description:

xv, 431 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Contents:

I Sex. Julius Frontinus 1

II The De Aquaeductu 5

Its date 5

Its content and form 8

Its audience and purpose 12

The curator aquarum and the emperor 14

The sources 20

III Language and style 21

Lexicon of water quality 23

Formulaic presentation 24

Rhetorical style 27

IV The textual tradition 30

The Middle Ages 30

Poggio's quest 31

The Codex Hersfeldensis 34

The Codex Casinensis and Peter the Deacon of Monte Cassino 37

The manuscript tradition prior to C 44

The recentiores 46

V Editions and commentaries 52

VI Editorial conventions and the apparatus criticus 58

Text and Critical Apparatus 63

Sigla 64

De Aqvaedvctv Vrbis Romae 65

A Poggio's use of the De Aquaeductu 337

B Inscriptions pertinent to Frontinus' text 337

C The impossibility of reaching an exact value for the Roman quinaria measure, by Christer Bruun, University of Toronto 342

1 Selected editions of De Aquaeductu 360

2 Translations 361

4 Other works 364

Literary and epigraphical citations 404.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-403) and index.

ISBN:

0521832519

OCLC:

52386389

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