History of War

SEXTUS JULIUS FRONTINUS

extus Julius Frontinus is not a name many people would associate with military heroes. To me, however, he more than qualifies. If he is known to readers at all, it is as the author of a collection of stratagems (the Stratagemata) and a handbook on the Roman aqueducts. These literary works came at the end of Frontinus’

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