architecture

city

nationality

Roman

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architect

civil engineer

military engineer

engineer

military personnel

poet

Roman consul

combat engineer

is a science arising out of many other sciences.

Architecture is a science arising out of many other sciences, and adorned with much and varied learning... by the help of which a judgment is formed of those works which are the result of other arts. Vitruvius

is designed on the three principles of defense, religion, and convenience, all of which must be carried out with strength, utility, grace.

A city's public buildings serve three purposes: defense, religion, and convenience. To ward off hostile attack, we must defend the city with walls, towers, and gates. For the sake of re li gion , we plan shrines, and sacred temples to the immortal gods. For convenience, we arrange public sites for general use - harbors, open spaces, colonnades, theaters, promenades, baths, and all amenities for like purpose. Al l must be carried out with strength, utility, grace.

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