08-25-2002, 11:56 PM
Hi Rich<br>
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There are several works on Frontinus' engineering calculations - both the accuracy and errors - the most recent being Frontinus' Legacy (U of Mich press, 2001) can't remember the editors. I remember reading the intriguing sentence in the Loeb intorduction to Frontinus that he may have studied with Heron of Alexandria because his maths and Heron's were similar. I haven't read anything since on this though it would be interesting. There is a PhD thesis which has just been (or is being?) completed at Sydney on Roman Maths - I'll have to have a look at it.<br>
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cheers<br>
<br>
Muzzaguchi <p>It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay Antiquity its due reverence - Erasmus of Rotterdam</p><i></i>
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There are several works on Frontinus' engineering calculations - both the accuracy and errors - the most recent being Frontinus' Legacy (U of Mich press, 2001) can't remember the editors. I remember reading the intriguing sentence in the Loeb intorduction to Frontinus that he may have studied with Heron of Alexandria because his maths and Heron's were similar. I haven't read anything since on this though it would be interesting. There is a PhD thesis which has just been (or is being?) completed at Sydney on Roman Maths - I'll have to have a look at it.<br>
<br>
cheers<br>
<br>
Muzzaguchi <p>It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay Antiquity its due reverence - Erasmus of Rotterdam</p><i></i>
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\'\'\'\'No matter how many you kill, you cannot kill your successor\'\'\'\' - Seneca to Nero - Dio 62
\'\'\'\'There is no way of correcting wrongdoing in those who think that the height of virtue consists in the execution of their will\'\'\'\' - Ammianus Marcellinus 27.7.9
