Author : J. B. Campbell
Release : 2000
Genre : Architecture
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The Writings of the Roman Land Surveyors - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Writings of the Roman Land Surveyors write by J. B. Campbell. This book was released on 2000. The Writings of the Roman Land Surveyors available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Corpus Agrimensorum Romanorum , compiled in the 5th century AD, was a collection of Roman surveying manuals, produced by a variety of authors, writing at different times and with very different priorities; authors include Julius Frontius, Aegennius Urbicus, Hyginus, Balbus, Siculus Flaccus, as well as miscellaneous texts. This substantial volume aims to make these sources more accessible by presenting the Latin text with facing English translation, suceeded by a 130 page commentary. The eclectic choice of sources avoids the purely technical texts and includes those which Campbell considers to be most useful for historians, archaeologists and those studying ancient technology. The introduction discusses the text and authors, the origins, development and status of surveying and Roman land division. A series of illustrations, diagrams, a glossary of terms and a large bibliography conclude the volume.