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Vitruvius (/ v ɪ ˈ t r uː v i ə s / vi-TROO-vee-əs; Latin: [wɪˈtruːwi.ʊs]; c. 80 –70 BC – after c. 15 BC) was a Roman architect and engineer during the 1st century BC, known for his multi-volume work titled De architectura. [1]
The moderately successful architect and engineer Vitruvius lived from c. 80 – c. 20 BCE, primarily in the Roman Republic. [15] He is best known for authoring De architectura ( On Architecture ), later called the Ten Books on Architecture , which is the only substantial architecture treatise that survives from antiquity. [ 16 ]
Marcus Vitruvius Vaccus (d. 330 BC) [1] was a citizen of Fondi, and the leader of the revolt of the Fundani and Privernates against Rome in 330 BC. [2]He was a man of considerable reputation both in his own state and also at Rome, where he had a house on the Palatine Hill.
Lucius Vitruvius Cerdo was an ancient Roman architect active in Verona. His only known work is the Arco dei Gavi , a 1st-century arch in Verona, Italy . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The arch is inscribed "Lucius Vitruvius Cerdo, a freedman of Lucius", which has led to Verona being suggested as the birthplace of the earlier and better-known architect Marcus ...
The rim is highest to the northwest. The interior floor is uneven, with some low rises in the southwest. A small crater is attached to southern outer rim. The surroundings grow more rugged to the north of the crater. The crater was named after the ancient Roman engineer and architect Vitruvius. [1] Vitruvius is a crater of Upper (Late) Imbrian ...
Caelius Vibenna - semi-legendary figure who gave his name to the Caelian hill, but real Etruscan from Vulci, Caile Vipinas Quintus Vibius Crispus - consul Gaius Vibius Marsus - consul
A 1521 Italian language edition of De architectura, translated and illustrated by Cesare Cesariano Manuscript of Vitruvius; parchment dating from about 1390. De architectura (On architecture, published as Ten Books on Architecture) is a treatise on architecture written by the Roman architect and military engineer Marcus Vitruvius Pollio and dedicated to his patron, the emperor Caesar Augustus ...
Possibly named Marcus Vitruvius Mamurra (if we follow Thielscher's 1969 suggestion based on an inscription in Thibilis), he was an equestrian who originally came from the Italian city of Formiae. [2] His family must have been prominent there, as Horace calls it "the city of the Mamurrae".