Ten Books on Architecture by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
by Loyal Books
January 2, 2024 11:00 am
On Architecture is a treatise on architecture written by the Roman architect Vitruvius and dedicated to his patron, the emperor Caesar Augustus as a guide for building projects. The work is one of the most important sources of modern knowledge of Roman building methods as well as the planning and design of structures, both large (aqueducts, buildings, baths, harbours) and small (machines, measuring devices, instruments). He is also the prime source of the famous story of Archimedes and his bath-time discovery.
Recent Episodes
00 – Translator’s preface
4 months ago01 – Book I, Preface and Chapter I
4 months ago02 – Book I, Chapter II-III
4 months ago03 – Book I, Chapter IV-V
4 months ago04 – Book I, Chapter VI-VII
4 months ago05 – Book II, Introduction and Chapter I-II
4 months ago06 – Book II, Chapter III-VI
4 months ago07 – Book II, Chapter VII-VIII
4 months ago08 – Book II, Chapter IX-X
4 months ago09 – Book III, Introduction and Chapter I-II
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