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Editio Orbis TerrarumWorld Edition Vol.
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Roma · Caput MundiRome · Caput Mundi
41°53′N · 12°29′E

ACTA·MVNDI

QVIDQVID · AGVNT · HOMINES · NOSTRI · FARRAGO · LIBELLI

“Whatever men do is the stuff of our pages.” Juvenal, Sat. I.85–86

Artes · ArchitecturaCulture · Architecture

M. Vitruvius PollioMarcus Vitruvius Pollio

c. 80–15 a.C.n.c. 80–15 B.C. · ArchitectusArchitect · PRINCIPATVS

Architectus et machinator militaris; decem libros de architectura Augusto dedicavit, unicos qui ex antiquitate supersunt.Architect and military engineer; he dedicated ten books on architecture to Augustus — the only such treatise to survive from antiquity.

Firmitas, utilitas, venustas.

De Architectura I–X

ACTA MATVTINATHE MORNING ACTA

Ante primam lucem, in tabellam tuam: res orbis terrarum, a Romanis iudicatae.Before first light, on your tablet: the world’s affairs, judged by Romans.

Gratias. Cras ante lucem tabellarius veniet.Thank you. The courier arrives tomorrow before dawn.

Aliquid erravit. Iterum conare.Something went wrong. Please try again.

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