De architectura

Blurb

De architectura 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 and small. It is also the prime source of the famous story of Archimedes and his bath-time discovery.