# Vitruvius — WHE Definition Discussion

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**Created:** [April 22, 2015, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/vitruvius-whe-definition-discussion/1790 "2015-04-22T12:20:29Z")\
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Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (c. 90 - c. 20 BCE), better known simply as Vitruvius, was a Roman military engineer and architect who wrote _De Architectura_ (_On Architecture_), a treatise which combines the history of ancient architecture and engineering with the author's personal experience and advice on the subject. As no similar work has survived complete from antiquity, the book has become an invaluable source, not only on Greek and Roman architecture, but also on a wide range of other topics such as philosophy, mathematics, and medicine.

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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/Vitruvius/](https://www.worldhistory.org/Vitruvius/)._

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