The script of Frontinus now also in the Hungarian language available
Our member András Nyírö has published the paper “De aquaeductu urbis Romae” in Hungarian.
The translation is based on the following edition:
Frontinus: De aquaeductu urbis Romae
Cambridge Classical Text and Commentaries 42.
Edited with introduction and commentary by R. H. Rodgers
Cambridge University Press, 2004
Hungarian translation edited by András Nyírö
Book design and graphics by Adél Perutek
Printed and bound by Nyomdai ötletek Kft, 2022
Responsible manager: Zoltán Jankovics
ISBN 978-615-01-6164-8
About this Book
Frontinus was a well educated, virtuous and practical soldier. When he was put in charge of Rome’s aqueducts in ’97, he found that under his predecessors the water service had become dilapidated, corruption was commonplace and the pipes were neglected.
He had a threefold objective: he wanted more, better and more reliable service. These three goals are well-known, found in all of today’s more ambitious development plans. Frontinus drew on his military experience to create order. He developed a new methodology, a mature version of which is now taught in management departments in universities of economics. In Rome’s water pipes, you can read about site inspections, technical documentation, standardisation, daily task assignment, preparation of works, security of supply, contracted suppliers, quality control, preventive maintenance, anti-corruption and accounting.
More information can be found at www.frontinus.hu and in the text accompanying the book .
The script of Frontinus now also in the Hungarian language available
Our member András Nyírö has published the paper “De aquaeductu urbis Romae” in Hungarian.
The translation is based on the following edition:
Frontinus: De aquaeductu urbis Romae
Cambridge Classical Text and Commentaries 42.
Edited with introduction and commentary by R. H. Rodgers
Cambridge University Press, 2004
Hungarian translation edited by András Nyírö
Book design and graphics by Adél Perutek
Printed and bound by Nyomdai ötletek Kft, 2022
Responsible manager: Zoltán Jankovics
ISBN 978-615-01-6164-8
About this Book
Frontinus was a well educated, virtuous and practical soldier. When he was put in charge of Rome’s aqueducts in ’97, he found that under his predecessors the water service had become dilapidated, corruption was commonplace and the pipes were neglected.
He had a threefold objective: he wanted more, better and more reliable service. These three goals are well-known, found in all of today’s more ambitious development plans. Frontinus drew on his military experience to create order. He developed a new methodology, a mature version of which is now taught in management departments in universities of economics. In Rome’s water pipes, you can read about site inspections, technical documentation, standardisation, daily task assignment, preparation of works, security of supply, contracted suppliers, quality control, preventive maintenance, anti-corruption and accounting.
More information can be found at www.frontinus.hu and in the text accompanying the book .