Vitruvius (/ vɪˈtruːviəs / 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 …

Apr 22, 2015 · Marcus Vitruvius was a 1st century BCE architect who wrote a famous and influential book on architecture called 'De Architectura'. This work, which is a history of architecture and …

Vitruvius was a Roman architect, engineer, and author of the celebrated treatise De architectura (On Architecture), a handbook for Roman architects. Little is known of Vitruvius’ life, except what can be …

Dec 31, 2006 · Vitruvius was not a great literary personage, ambitious as he was to appear in that character. As Professor Morgan has aptly said, "he has all the marks of one unused to composition, …

Aug 10, 2025 · Vitruvius, a Roman architect and engineer writing in the 1st century BCE, offered more than a construction manual in his ten-book treatise De Architectura. He laid down a philosophy: that …

The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them. In the years just before Christ was …

In On Architecture Vitruvius adds to the tradition of Greek theory and practice the results of his own experience. The contents of this treatise in ten books are as follows.