Vitruvius
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Vitruvius was a Roman architect and engineer during the 1st century BC, known for his multi-volume work titled De architectura. As the only treatise on architecture to survive from antiquity, it has b
Engraving by Jacopo Bernardi after Vincenzo Raggio, 1823 or 1847
Roman house plan after Vitruvius
"Vitruvian Man", illustration in the edition of De architectura by Vitruvius; illustrated edition by Cesare Cesariano (1521).
Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci, an illustration of the human body inscribed in the circle and the square derived from a passage about geometry and human proportions in Vitruvius' writings
Ancient Roman architecture
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Ancient Roman architecture adopted the external language of classical ancient Greek architecture for the purposes of the ancient Romans, but was different from Greek buildings, becoming a new architec
The Colosseum in Rome (c. 70–80)
The Maison carrée in Nîmes (France), one of the best-preserved Roman temples, c. 2 AD
Aqueduct of Segovia (1st century AD), Segovia, Spain
The triumphal arch and monumental mausoleum of Glanum, France, the former built between 10–25 AD during the reign of Augustus and Tiberius (early Roman Empire), and the latter built by 40 BC, or even 30–20 BC, dedicated to veterans of the Gallic Wars during the late Roman Republic