Marcus vitruvius pollio, a roman architect and engineer flourishing in the first century b. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. The humanist shows off his vast culture, indulging with quotations from virgil, whom he does not hesitate to annotate. While your divine intelligence and will, imperator caesar, were engaged in acquiring the right to command the world, and while your fellow citizens, when all their enemies had been laid low by your invincible valour, were glorying in your triumph and victory,while all foreign nations were in subjection awaiting your beck and call, and the roman people and senate, released from their. The project gutenberg ebook of ten books on architecture.
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