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BIOGRAPHY Little is known about Vitruvius' life. His first name ''Marcus'' and his Cognomen '' Pollio '' are uncertain as they are only mentioned by Cetius Faventinus . Most inferences about his life are extracted from his only surviving work ''De Architectura''. Born a free Roman citizen, most likely at Formiae in Campania , he served the Roman Army under Julius Caesar in Spain and Gaul . As an army engineer he specialized in the construction of war machines for sieges. In later years the emperor Augustus , through his sister Octavia Minor , sponsored Vitruvius, entitling him with a pension to guarantee his financial independence. His date of death is unknown, which suggests that he had enjoyed only little popularity during his lifetime. DE ARCHITECTURA The author of '' at Fanum Fortunae, now the modern town of Fano . The basilica has disappeared so completely that its very site is a matter of conjecture. '', by Leonardo da Vinci]] Vitruvius is most famous for asserting in his book '', as drawn magnificently by Leonardo Da Vinci : the human body inscribed in the circle and the square (the fundamental geometric patterns of the cosmic order). Vitruvius is sometimes loosely referred to as the first architect, but it is more accurate to describe him as the first Roman architect to have written on his field. He himself cites older but less complete works. He was less an original thinker or creative intellect than a codifier of existing architectural practice. It should also be noted that Vitruvius had a much wider scope than modern architects. Roman Architects practised a wide variety of disciplines; in modern terms, they could be described as being Engineer s, architects, Landscape Architects , Artist s, and Craftsmen combined. Etymologically the word architect derives from Greek words meaning 'master' and 'builder'. The first of the Ten Books deals with many subjects which now come within the scope of Landscape Architecture . REDISCOVERY His book '', temples, theatres, triumphal arches and their reliefs and statues gave ample visual examples of the descriptions in the Vitruvian text. This book then quickly became a major inspiration for Renaissance , Baroque and Neoclassical architecture. REFERENCES IN MODERN CULTURE
LISTS OF NAMES GIVEN IN BOOK VII INTRODUCTION List of physicists Thales , Democritus , Anaxagoras , Xenophanes List of philosophers Socrates , Plato , Aristotle , Zeno , Epicurus List of kings Croesus , Alexander The Great , Darius on plagiarism Aristophanes , Ptolemy I Soter , Attalus on abusing dead authors Zoilus , Homeromastix , Ptolemy I Soter , Philadelphus on divergence of the visual rays Agatharcus , Aeschylus , Democritus , Anaxagoras List of writers on temples Silenus , Theodorus , Chersiphron and Metagenes , Pytheos , Ictinus and Carpion , Theodorus the Phocian , Hermogenes , Arcesius , Satyrus and Pytheos List of Artists Leochares , Bryaxis , Scopas , Praxiteles , Timotheus ( Timotheos ) List of writers on laws of symmetry Nexaris , Theocydes , Demophilus , Pollis , Leonidas , Silanion , Melampus , Sarnacus , Euphranor List of writers on machinery Diades Of Pella , Archytas , Archimedes , Ctesibius , Nymphodorus , Philo Of Byzantium , Diphilus , Democles , Charias , Polyidus , Pyrrus , Agesistratus List of writers on architect Fuficius , Terentius Varro , Publius Septimius List of architects Antistates , Callaeschrus , Antimachides , Pormus , Cossutius List of greatest temple architects Chersiphron Of Gnosus , Metagenes , Demetrius , Paeonius The Milesian , Ephesian Daphnis , Ictinus , (Philo) Philon , Cossutius , Gaius Mucius NOTES REFERENCES
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