In his further proof of the spurious character of the fourth book, Wachsmuth points out that of the duplicate illustrations found throughout the entire work,[1] all but one occur in Book IV.; he notes also that the examples in this book are drawn much more largely from Valerius Maximus than are those of the earlier books, and that several of its titles correspond to titles employed by Valerius Maximus,[2] and he further proceeds to cite thirty-two passages,[3] which he claims are taken almost verbatim from that author. He contrasts the use of such words as traditur, fertur, dicitur,[4] which he claims are found in no genuine example in the first three books, with the constat[5] of the true Frontinus, who would regard illustrations of unsafe tradition as of little benefit to the generals whom he wished to instruct.[6]
Wachsmuth finds traces of the pseudo-Frontinus in the fourth paragraph of the preface to Book I., which are designed to pave the way for the fourth book, where the στρατηγικὰ outnumber the στρατηγή-
- ↑ Cf. p. xxv.
- ↑ i.e. chapters i., iii., iv., v. vi. Cf. Val. Max. II. vii; IV. iii.; VI. v.; III. viii.; iv. i.
- ↑ i.e. IV: i. 1, 2, 13, 17, 18, 23, 26, 31, 32, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44, 46; iii. 1, 3, 12; iv. 1, 2; v. 4, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 23; vi. 3; vii. 29, 36, 39.
- ↑ Cf. iv: i. 1; i. 3; ii. 1; iii. 1, 10. 11: v. 13, 14; vii. 4.
- ↑ Cf. II. i. 13; II. iii. 21.
- ↑ H. M. Connor, in an appendix to her thesis, A Study of the Syntax of the Strategemata of Frontinus (Ithaca, 1921), makes a comparative study of the syntactical uses of the first three books and the fourth, and concludes: "A thoughtful examination of the four books has revealed to me no compelling argument in respect to syntactical structure, diction or content, which establishes the existence of a pseudo-Frontinus."
