Vitruvius
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Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (born c. 80–70 BC, died after c. 15 BC) was a Roman writer, architect and engineer, active in the 1st century BC. He is best known as the author of the multi-volume work De Architectura ("On Architecture").
By his own description Vitruvius served as a ballista (artilleryman), the third class of arms in the military offices. He likely served as chief of the ballista (senior officer of artillery) in charge of doctores ballistarum (artillery experts) and libratores who actually operated the machines. He has been called the world's first engineer to be known by name.
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See also
- Archimedes
- Aristotle
- Ctesibius
- Colen Campbell
- Frontinus
- Pliny the Elder
- Roman architecture
- Roman aqueducts
- Roman engineering
- Roman technology
- Vitruvian man
- Vitruvian scroll
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