Eventually settlements were founded in AD75 (Caerwent & Caerleon) under Sextus Julius Frontinus.
Tacitus recorded that the Silures "non atrocitate, non clementia mutabatur" – they were "changed neither by cruelty nor by clemency".
We have a trait of us 'doing our own thing'.
Tacitus recorded that the Silures "non atrocitate, non clementia mutabatur" – they were "changed neither by cruelty nor by clemency".
We have a trait of us 'doing our own thing'.
September 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Eventually settlements were founded in AD75 (Caerwent & Caerleon) under Sextus Julius Frontinus.
Tacitus recorded that the Silures "non atrocitate, non clementia mutabatur" – they were "changed neither by cruelty nor by clemency".
We have a trait of us 'doing our own thing'.
Tacitus recorded that the Silures "non atrocitate, non clementia mutabatur" – they were "changed neither by cruelty nor by clemency".
We have a trait of us 'doing our own thing'.
Does anyone want to know about the guy with the longest attested Roman name.
September 20, 2023 at 12:55 AM
Does anyone want to know about the guy with the longest attested Roman name.
Land of My Fathers
When on the ceruleum rig in the Cerulea Ingens, A'zimzizi notices Lkhagvasuren is lost in thought.
Endwalker-era Lkhagvasuren is committed to trying talking for a change, and voluntarily opens up about something when prompted for once.
Part 1 of 5
#gpose #gposers #gposecomic
When on the ceruleum rig in the Cerulea Ingens, A'zimzizi notices Lkhagvasuren is lost in thought.
Endwalker-era Lkhagvasuren is committed to trying talking for a change, and voluntarily opens up about something when prompted for once.
Part 1 of 5
#gpose #gposers #gposecomic
June 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Land of My Fathers
When on the ceruleum rig in the Cerulea Ingens, A'zimzizi notices Lkhagvasuren is lost in thought.
Endwalker-era Lkhagvasuren is committed to trying talking for a change, and voluntarily opens up about something when prompted for once.
Part 1 of 5
#gpose #gposers #gposecomic
When on the ceruleum rig in the Cerulea Ingens, A'zimzizi notices Lkhagvasuren is lost in thought.
Endwalker-era Lkhagvasuren is committed to trying talking for a change, and voluntarily opens up about something when prompted for once.
Part 1 of 5
#gpose #gposers #gposecomic
The latest news from Pompeii is impressive because I didn’t know Romans used bronze valves to control water distribution.
(Does anyone have a copy of ‘De Aquis Urbin Romae’ by Sextus Julius Frontinus??)
(Does anyone have a copy of ‘De Aquis Urbin Romae’ by Sextus Julius Frontinus??)
January 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The latest news from Pompeii is impressive because I didn’t know Romans used bronze valves to control water distribution.
(Does anyone have a copy of ‘De Aquis Urbin Romae’ by Sextus Julius Frontinus??)
(Does anyone have a copy of ‘De Aquis Urbin Romae’ by Sextus Julius Frontinus??)
The system Frontinus describes was so corrupted by the elites' craving for status that a shockingly small proportion of the vast water supply made it into street fountains or other public uses. The emperor's control over doling out access to water was one of his key powers keeping the elite in line.
January 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The system Frontinus describes was so corrupted by the elites' craving for status that a shockingly small proportion of the vast water supply made it into street fountains or other public uses. The emperor's control over doling out access to water was one of his key powers keeping the elite in line.
In my course on Roman social relations, one of the most useful texts is the handbook on managing Roman aqueducts by the curator Frontinus. Hardest part of his job was exposing & stopping elites who illegally siphoned public water into their villas for private baths, fishponds, gardens etc. 1/2
A metaphor for our current China discourse.
A thing I find interesting about the way non historians talk about the Romans is how they will say stuff like "The Romans had indoor plumbing" which makes it sound like all Romans did, which non-experts probably think is true.
Rich people having something doesn't mean "Romans" did.
Rich people having something doesn't mean "Romans" did.
January 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
In my course on Roman social relations, one of the most useful texts is the handbook on managing Roman aqueducts by the curator Frontinus. Hardest part of his job was exposing & stopping elites who illegally siphoned public water into their villas for private baths, fishponds, gardens etc. 1/2
Preparing for national service with Frontinus et al, Scriptores Rei Militaris, Bologna: Plato de Benedictis, 17 Jan. 1496,
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sel.a.263 #incunable
With some type moving in close formation
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@QueensCollegeOx
sel.a.263 #incunable
With some type moving in close formation
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May 27, 2024 at 11:45 AM
Preparing for national service with Frontinus et al, Scriptores Rei Militaris, Bologna: Plato de Benedictis, 17 Jan. 1496,
@QueensCollegeOx
sel.a.263 #incunable
With some type moving in close formation
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@QueensCollegeOx
sel.a.263 #incunable
With some type moving in close formation
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'Julius Frontinus gave instructions that after his death no memorial should be raised in his memory, stating that: 'Such monuments are a needless expense; if I have lived a life that deserves remembrance, then men will not forget me.''
- Pliny the Younger, Letters, 9.19. #AncientBluesky #Pliny
- Pliny the Younger, Letters, 9.19. #AncientBluesky #Pliny
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November 20, 2024 at 1:21 PM
'Julius Frontinus gave instructions that after his death no memorial should be raised in his memory, stating that: 'Such monuments are a needless expense; if I have lived a life that deserves remembrance, then men will not forget me.''
- Pliny the Younger, Letters, 9.19. #AncientBluesky #Pliny
- Pliny the Younger, Letters, 9.19. #AncientBluesky #Pliny
Close. A "plumber" was someone who smelted lead (made pipes, not install them). The Latin "plumbarii" made "plumbata" (dart weapons), "plumb lines" (lead bobs on strings) to map out aqueducts using a "groma", and roof tiles.
Sextus Julius Frontinus explained "plumbarii" in "De aquaeductu" (97 AD).
Sextus Julius Frontinus explained "plumbarii" in "De aquaeductu" (97 AD).
The Periodic Table Symbol for lead is 'Pb,' which comes from the Latin 'plumbum,' meaning "lead."
Early pipes were made of lead, so people who worked with pipes became 'plumbers.'
Early pipes were made of lead, so people who worked with pipes became 'plumbers.'
September 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Close. A "plumber" was someone who smelted lead (made pipes, not install them). The Latin "plumbarii" made "plumbata" (dart weapons), "plumb lines" (lead bobs on strings) to map out aqueducts using a "groma", and roof tiles.
Sextus Julius Frontinus explained "plumbarii" in "De aquaeductu" (97 AD).
Sextus Julius Frontinus explained "plumbarii" in "De aquaeductu" (97 AD).
I refer you to Frontinus, Stratagems, 2.9.5 for more effective catapulting of (part of) a person.
December 17, 2024 at 2:58 PM
I refer you to Frontinus, Stratagems, 2.9.5 for more effective catapulting of (part of) a person.
The aqueduct superintendent Frontinus (ad 97) thought aqueducts vastly superior to ‘those useless pyramids, or the Greeks’ pointless tourist attractions’. Rather like Thames Water.
✍️ Peter Jones buff.ly/mqCYt73
✍️ Peter Jones buff.ly/mqCYt73
The Romans wouldn’t have put up with Thames Water
It is embarrassing to compare Thames Water’s efforts even to the Greeks, let alone the Romans. Most Greek cities got their water from public fountains fed by springs. Doctors new to a district…
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June 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The aqueduct superintendent Frontinus (ad 97) thought aqueducts vastly superior to ‘those useless pyramids, or the Greeks’ pointless tourist attractions’. Rather like Thames Water.
✍️ Peter Jones buff.ly/mqCYt73
✍️ Peter Jones buff.ly/mqCYt73
I have gotten as far as "various people on the Internet say that Frontinus said that Julius Caesar used them"...
January 26, 2024 at 1:47 PM
I have gotten as far as "various people on the Internet say that Frontinus said that Julius Caesar used them"...
"Inventions have long-since reached their limit--and I see no hope for further developments." -- Julius Frontinus, world-famous engineer (Rome, 10 AD)
January 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"Inventions have long-since reached their limit--and I see no hope for further developments." -- Julius Frontinus, world-famous engineer (Rome, 10 AD)
KATSUO•&•IRIKO'S FRONTINUSが好き過ぎてアカウント名にしたい
July 25, 2024 at 1:21 PM
KATSUO•&•IRIKO'S FRONTINUSが好き過ぎてアカウント名にしたい
I’ve read every significant Roman historian (Livy, Tacitus, Appian, Plutarch, Frontinus, Dio) and have never once read reference to a Roman salute.
It’s complete fiction.
It’s complete fiction.
January 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I’ve read every significant Roman historian (Livy, Tacitus, Appian, Plutarch, Frontinus, Dio) and have never once read reference to a Roman salute.
It’s complete fiction.
It’s complete fiction.
My first Loeb was Frontinus. I realized that if I liked reading about ancient aqueduct pipe dimensions & arrangements, who knows what other excitement is out there!
January 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
My first Loeb was Frontinus. I realized that if I liked reading about ancient aqueduct pipe dimensions & arrangements, who knows what other excitement is out there!
🧵/6
you then reach the absolutely irresistable Frontinus Gate, built in c1 AD and flanked by 2 hellenic towers
#RomanSiteSaturday
you then reach the absolutely irresistable Frontinus Gate, built in c1 AD and flanked by 2 hellenic towers
#RomanSiteSaturday
December 7, 2024 at 10:12 AM
🧵/6
you then reach the absolutely irresistable Frontinus Gate, built in c1 AD and flanked by 2 hellenic towers
#RomanSiteSaturday
you then reach the absolutely irresistable Frontinus Gate, built in c1 AD and flanked by 2 hellenic towers
#RomanSiteSaturday
I prefer Frontinus.
November 22, 2024 at 12:27 AM
I prefer Frontinus.
October 17, 2024 at 3:45 PM
At dinner on Saturday for some reason Vitruvius's "De Architectura" came up in conversation. It bothered me because I was trying to remember the author of "De Aquis" and just couldn't.
Somehow, this morning, it came to me: Julius Frontinus. Same guy that wrote "Strategemata".
I used to know this!
Somehow, this morning, it came to me: Julius Frontinus. Same guy that wrote "Strategemata".
I used to know this!
September 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
At dinner on Saturday for some reason Vitruvius's "De Architectura" came up in conversation. It bothered me because I was trying to remember the author of "De Aquis" and just couldn't.
Somehow, this morning, it came to me: Julius Frontinus. Same guy that wrote "Strategemata".
I used to know this!
Somehow, this morning, it came to me: Julius Frontinus. Same guy that wrote "Strategemata".
I used to know this!
I'm pleased to be writing about the bearer of my favourite Roman name: Quintus Pompeius Senecio Roscius Murena Coelius Sextus Julius Frontinus Silius Decianus Gaius Julius Eurycles Herculaneus Lucius Vibullius Pius Augustanus Alpinus Bellicius Sollers Julius Aper Ducenius Proculus ...
September 23, 2023 at 11:23 AM
I'm pleased to be writing about the bearer of my favourite Roman name: Quintus Pompeius Senecio Roscius Murena Coelius Sextus Julius Frontinus Silius Decianus Gaius Julius Eurycles Herculaneus Lucius Vibullius Pius Augustanus Alpinus Bellicius Sollers Julius Aper Ducenius Proculus ...
Hierapolis (Pamukkale in Turkey) was founded c200 BC on the site of hot mineral springs. The area was bequeathed to Rome by Attalus III in 133BC. 1) travertine terraces; Frontinus St with the Frontinus/Domitian Gate; 3) theatre; temple remains. #RomanSiteSaturday
November 23, 2024 at 8:13 AM
Hierapolis (Pamukkale in Turkey) was founded c200 BC on the site of hot mineral springs. The area was bequeathed to Rome by Attalus III in 133BC. 1) travertine terraces; Frontinus St with the Frontinus/Domitian Gate; 3) theatre; temple remains. #RomanSiteSaturday
The Roman built Frontinus Gate and main street of Hierapolis, Turkey. Hierapolis is the site of a much earlier Phrygian settlement and later a Greek city. The city was home to the first known water powered saw mill. City was also known for its hot springs and wool production. #RomanSiteSaturday 🏺
December 21, 2024 at 11:41 AM
The Roman built Frontinus Gate and main street of Hierapolis, Turkey. Hierapolis is the site of a much earlier Phrygian settlement and later a Greek city. The city was home to the first known water powered saw mill. City was also known for its hot springs and wool production. #RomanSiteSaturday 🏺
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Disclaimers in ancient texts? Why have these gone unnoticed by scholars & researchers all of this time? If nothing else would raise alarm that they had been studying incorrectly, this certainly should. Perhaps ignored by them due to willful ignorance. #AncientTexts
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On Disclaimers In Ancient Texts (A Part Of
In 2003, I had a file folder full of the various disclaimers that I had noted in the works of the authors of the 1st and 2nd centuries, and along with my other work writing and noting what had actuall...
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