Abstract
The Introduction (1-61) is divided into six distinct sections: I what we know of the life of Frontinus; II matters directly concerned with the text of De Aquaeductu, such as its date, its content and form, its audience and purpose, the relationship between the curator aquarum and the emperor, and the sources Frontinus himself used for his work; III the language and style of the text; IV the textual tradition; V the history of editions and commentaries; and VI editorial conventions and discussion of the apparatus criticus. Finally, the book concludes with an invaluable list of references (360-403), including selected editions of De Aquaeductu in chronological order, an important list of translations, and an extraordinarily thorough list of secondary sources on other water research.