Description: (Author, politician, civil engineer)
Sextus Julius Frontinus was a prominent Roman civil engineer, author, soldier, and senator of the late 1st century AD. He served as a successful general under Domitian, commanding forces in Roman Britain, and on the Rhine and Danube frontiers. As a novus homo, he held the consulship three times and efficiently carried out essential administrative responsibilities for Emperors Nerva and Trajan. Frontinus is most renowned for his technical treatises, particularly De aquaeductu, which focused on the aqueducts of Rome.