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Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

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Roman Author. Most inferences about me are extracted from my only surviving work De Architectura. My first name Marcus and my cognomen Pollio are uncertain. Cetius Faventinus speaks of "Vitruvius Polio aliique auctores" in his epitome; it is possible that the cognomen derives from this mention by Cetius, meaning Vitruvius, Polio, and others. I appear to be known to Pliny the Elder through his description of constructing mosaics in Naturalis Historia. Although I am not actually named in that passage, I do appear in NH 1 (the table of contents). Frontinus refers to "Vitruvius the architect" in his late 1st century work De aquaeductu.

Born a free Roman citizen, by my own account I served the Roman army under Julius Caesar with the otherwise unknown Marcus Aurelius, Publius Minidius, and Gnaeus Cornelius. These names vary depending on the edition of De architectura. Publius Minidius is also written as Publius Numidicus and Publius Numidius, speculated as the same Publius Numisius inscribed on the Theatre of Heraclea. As an army engineer I specialized in the construction of ballista and scorpio artillery war machines for sieges. It is speculated that I served with Julius Caesar's Chief Engineer Lucius Cornelius Balbus. The locations where I served can be reconstructed from, for example, descriptions of the building methods of various "foreign tribes". Although I describe places throughout De Architectura, I do not say that I was present. My service included north Africa, Hispania, Gaul (including Aquitaine) and Pontus.

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Roma

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United Kingdom

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Architect Engineer and Author

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Athens University

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Science, Engineering, Architecture, Public Health, Military Works & War Machines

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Spartacus, Gladiator, 300 Spartans, Troy, The Robe, Quo Vadis, King of Kings

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Any Lyre Music and Pink (of course)

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Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

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