Editing Frontinus (section)

== Career ==
In AD 70, Frontinus participated in the suppression of the Rhineland revolt, and later recorded that he received the surrender of 70,000 [[Lingones]].<ref>''Strategemata'' 4.3.14. A.R. Birley, ''The'' Fasti ''of Roman Britain'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981), p. 70</ref> Between that date and being appointed [[Roman governors of Britain|governor]] of [[Roman Britain|Britain]] to succeed [[Quintus Petillius Cerialis]] a few years later, Frontinus was appointed [[Roman consul|suffect consul]]. While governor of Britain, he subjugated the [[Silures]] of South Wales and is thought to have likewise campaigned against the [[Brigantes]].<ref name=Birley-71>Birley, ''Fasti'', p. 71</ref> He was succeeded by [[Gnaeus Julius Agricola]], the father-in-law of the famous historian [[Tacitus]], in 77. Birley believes it "is fair to speculate" that Frontinus was with Domitian during the German campaign of 83. An inscription at [[Hieropolis]] in [[Phrygia]], as well as a number of coins of [[Smyrna]], attests that he was [[proconsul]] of [[Asia (Roman province)|Asia]] in AD 86.<ref name=Birley-71/>

In 97, he was appointed ''[[Curator Aquarum|curator aquarum]]'' (supervisor of the [[Roman aqueduct|aqueducts]]) by the emperor [[Nerva]], an office only conferred upon persons of very high standing. In this capacity, he followed another distinguished Roman statesman, [[Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa|Agrippa]], the friend, ally and son-in-law of Augustus, who organised in 34 BC a campaign of public repairs and improvements, including renovation of the aqueduct [[Aqua Marcia]] and an extension of its pipes to cover more of the city.

The following year Frontinus held a second consulship as suffect in February, with [[Trajan]] as his colleague, and two years later he was made ''consul ordinarius'' with Trajan. Birley notes, "This exceptional honour underlines the high regard in which he [Frontinus] was held, and suggests, further, that Trajan had a debt to repay."<ref name=Birley-72/> He was also a member of the [[Augur|College of Augurs]].<ref name=Birley-72>Birley, ''Fasti'', p. 72</ref> He died in 103 or 104, a date based on [[Pliny the Younger]] writing to his friends that he was elected to the college of augurs to fill the vacancy Frontinus' death had created.<ref name=Birley-72/>