Aggenus Urbicus

Aggenus Urbicus (also Agennius Urbicus) was an ancient Roman technical writer appearing in the Corpus Agrimensorum Romanorum, a collection of works on land surveying from Late Antiquity. 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.

Only two, fragmentary works are preserved in the Corpus Agrimensorum Romanorum under his name:

  • De controversiis agrorum ("On Land Disputes")
  • Commentum de agrorum qualitate ("Commentary on Land Quality"), a commentary on the work of this name by Frontinus.
  • The Liber Diazographus ("Multi-coloured Painter Book") attached to the Commentum is sometimes counted as a third work.


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