A fact from R. H. Rodgers appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 October 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Latin philologist Robert Rodgers produced the first detailed commentary on Frontinus's work on Roman aqueducts in almost 300 years?
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by CSJJ104 (talk) 17:42, 1 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
... that Latin philologist Robert Rodgers produced the first detailed commentary on Frontinus's work on Roman aqueducts in almost 300 years? Source: see article
Overall: A fascinating and intricately detailed article. Impeccable sourcing. We should instantly lock this article to editing until the year 2322. No Swan So Fine (talk) 16:04, 1 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I am not aware of a later work so it now is 300 years. Philafrenzy (talk) 18:20, 18 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]