Aggenus Urbicus - Knowledge (XXG)

180:. The commentator declares his goal to be the explanation of older texts that were considered difficult: "We have undertaken to deal with the characteristics of fields and to explain them in plain and simple language, and we hope that what has been composed by the ancients in obscure language may be laid out more openly and comprehensibly for the childlike intellect of modern times." It is unclear whether this formulation means that the commentary was a book for experts or for use in training. Attached to the 550: 148:

of the text on the work of Frontinus and attempted to reconstruct his second book on land surveying on that basis. Thulin also sees the work as deriving from that of Frontinus. The differences between the older work and Agennius Urbicus' version are indicated in the edition by the use of small italic type and larger regular type.

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105 ("Manuscript G"). In both editions, the order of passages is significantly altered from that of the manuscripts, since the manuscripts themselves probably derive from a series of texts with errors in them. Moreover, Karl Lachmann starts from the assumption that Agennius Urbicus based the majority

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The correct form of the author's name is uncertain. In the oldest surviving manuscript of both works, the 6th- or 7th-century Codex Arcerianus, the name appears as AGGENVS or AGENVS VRBICVS. The form used most often in scholarship, Agennius Urbicus, derives from the 9th or 10th century Bamberg

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to be "the wretched work of some Christian schoolmaster" and charged that "his unfortunate name has handed down confusion." However, it is uncertain how far the issues with the works ascribed to Agennius are due to subsequent transmission errors and interpolations.

139:, published between 1848 and 1853. Both editors used the oldest manuscript, the Codex Arcerianus ("Manuscript B"), which is considered the first class manuscript, alongside two second class manuscripts, the 563: 176:

is a Late Antique work, probably of the 5th century. This makes it roughly contemporary with the first compilation and reworking of the Agrimensor texts, which led to the creation of the

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Two inscriptions from the 1st century AD mention one M. Adginnius Urbicus. However a connection between this individual and the author of the works in the

55:. It is uncertain when he lived, but he may have been a Christian living in the later part of the 4th century, judging by expressions he uses. 437:

Karl Lachmann, "Ueber Frontinus, Balbus, Hyginus und Aggenus Urbicus." in Friedrich Blume, Karl Lachmann, Adolf Friedrich Rudorff (ed.):

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Karl Lachmann, "Ueber Frontinus, Balbus, Hyginus und Aggenus Urbicus." in Friedrich Blume, Karl Lachmann, Adolf Friedrich Rudorff (ed.):

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Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, London 2000, pp. xxxi-v; Okko Behrends, Monique Clavel-Lévêque et al.

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Lachmann formed a negative judgement of Agennius' accomplishment in both works. In particular, he declared the

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Vol. VI). Office des publications officielles des Communautés européennes, Luxembourg 2005, p. xiii-xxii.

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Art historical problems of a Roman land surveying manuscript: The codex Arcerianus A, Wolfenbüttel.

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Art historical problems of a Roman land surveying manuscript: The codex Arcerianus A, Wolfenbüttel.

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Band VI). Office des publications officielles des Communautés européennes, Luxembourg 2005, p. xv.

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Vol. VI). Office des publications officielles des Communautés européennes, Luxembourg 2005.

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Vol. 9). Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, London 2000, ISBN 0-907764-28-2.

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The writings of the Roman land surveyors. Introduction, translation and commentary.

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The writings of the Roman land surveyors. Introduction, translation and commentary

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patterns in the works show that they were written in the 5th century AD or later.

188:("Multi-coloured Painter Book"), which is sometimes counted as a separate work. 500:

Berlin 1899 (Nachdruck Hildesheim 2005), especially Appendix VII on manuscripts.

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Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh 1976, p. 125–130; Brian Campbell,

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Editions: Friedrich Blume, Karl Lachmann, Adolf Friedrich Rudorff (ed.):

172:(On Boundaries) by one Hyginus. Word choice and syntax indicate that the 75:("Commentary on Land Quality"), a commentary on the work of this name by 553: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the 184:

is a volume with text illustrated with geometric diagrams, known as the

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Band 1, Georg Reimer, Berlin 1848, pp. 1–58; Carl Olaf Thulin (ed.):

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Editions: Friedrich Blume, Karl Lachmann, Adolf Friedrich Rudorff:

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in Friedrich Blume, Karl Lachmann, Adolf Friedrich Rudorff (ed.):

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Gerberti postea Silvestri II papae Opera mathematica (972–1003).

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Band 1, Georg Reimer, Berlin 1848, pp. 59–90; Carl Olaf Thulin:

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available to modern readers derives from the 1913 edition of

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