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Online-Lecture Dr. Natalie de Haan - Under Construction - the Central Baths at Pompeii, 16.05.2024
20.04.2024
On May 16th 2024, at 6:00 pm (CET), the online lecture by Dr. Natalie de Haan „Under Construction - the Central Baths at Pompeii“ will take place. The lecture will be held in English. All interested persons are cordially invited to attend.
Board and Presidium of the Frontinus Society newly elected
20.04.2024
At the General Assembly of the Frontinus Society (12.04.2024), the Executive Board was newly elected for the term of office 01.07.2024 to 30.06.2026. As a result, the Board also re-elected a the Presidium.
Honorary membership awarded to Dr Claudia-Castell-Exner
21.04.2024
At the General Assembly of the Frontinus Society on 12.04.2024, Dr Claudia Castell-Exner was awarded with the honorary membership in recognition of her merits for the Frontinus Society.
Open invitation to the workshop AQUA PAPHIA - The Use and Meaning of Water in Hellenistic-Roman Nea Paphos and beyond - 05.-06.07.24 extented deadline
25.02.2024
On 05 and 06 July 2024 an online workshop "AQUA PAPHIA - The Use and Meaning of Water in Hellenistic-Roman Nea Paphos and beyond" will take place, to which we hereby invite you. The deadline for submitting abstracts has been extended to 7th May 2024!
Online Lecture Series Summer Semester 2024
10.01.2024
Over the past five semesters, the Frontinus Society has organized, with great success, the online lecture series „Thurst(da)y for Water History“. We are now continuing this in the summer semester 2024.
Online-Lecture Dr. Matthias Nieberle - Die Wasserleitung von Vindonissa -The Vindonissa aqueduct, 11.01.2024
14.12.2023
On 11th January 2024, at 6:00 pm (CET), the online lecture by Dr. Matthias Nieberle „Die Wasserleitung von Vindonissa“ („The Vindonissa aqueduct“) will take place. The lecture will be held in German. All interested persons are cordially invited to attend.
Frontinus library fully available again
30.10.2023
After repairing the hardware error at the DVGW, the catalogue of the Frontinus library is available again.
Significant price reductions for books
19.08.2023
The board of the Frontinus Society has decided to significantly reduce the stock. In this context, a significant price reduction was made on some books.
New Office of the Frontinus Society
13.02.2023
Petra Fricke's retirement has led us to completely reorganise the office. In future, Ms. Sabine Hemker will be in charge of our office.
Petra Fricke retires
13.02.2023
After 20 years of service to the Frontinus Society, our Executive Director Petra Fricke is going into well-deserved retirement. We thank her sincerely for her commitment to our society, wish her all the best and hope for many encounters in the future.
Book by Patrik Klingborg (ed.) about the Workshop: Going against the flow. Wells, cisterns and water in ancient Greece
13.02.2023
In early 2023, our board member Patrik Klingborg published the book "Going against the flow. Wells, cisterns and water in ancient Greece", in which the contributions of the workshop of the same name held at the Swedish Institute in Athens on 28. and 29.09.2017 are published.
The script of Frontinus now also in the Hungarian language available
05.01.2023
Our member András Nyírö has published the paper "De aquaeductu urbis Romae" in Hungarian.
Frontinus Medal awarded to Prof. Christer Bruun, PhD
10.10.2022
On the occasion of the International Congress "Bathing Culture in Budapest" (Sept. 8-15, 2022) in Budapest, Prof. Christer Bruun, PhD was awarded the Frontinus Medal on Sept. 9, 2022 in recognition of his foundational work on Roman water systems, in particular his research on hydraulic epigraphy, and to acknowledge the vast contribution of this for larger social questions in the ancient Mediterranean world.
International conference of the Frontinus Society Bathing Culture in Budapest successfully ended
10.10.2022
From September 8 to 15, 2022, the international symposium of the Frontinus Society on bathing culture in Budapest took place - a complete success! 47 participants from 13 different nations experienced the lecture and excursion program.
General Assembly on 15.06.2022: Board and Presidium of the Frontinus Society newly elected
22.06.2022
At the General Assembly on 15 June 2022, the Board of the Frontinus Society was newly elected. As a result, the Presidium was also newly elected.
new: Book 33 of the Frontinus-Booklet Series is published
10.05.2022
The thematic spectrum of the essays in this issue 33 of the Frontinus Booklet Series "From Egypt to the Middle Ages - Contributions to Water Management 2021 and 2022" covers ancient Egypt, Roman hydraulic structures and the Middle Ages, and Rome, North Africa, Greece, the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire and Yemen.
Price for Volume 1 of the Frontinus Book Series reduced
27.10.2019
The Water Supply of the City of Rome.Sextus Iulius Frontinus, his work in Latin and German and accompanying technical essays
The price for this volume on the Frontinus Society could be lowered considerably.