Source

The Ten Books on Architecture

Classical Treatise

Vitruvius, De architectura, the only complete architectural treatise to survive from antiquity, written in the first century BC and dedicated to Augustus; cited here in the Morris Hicky Morgan English translation of 1914. The source of the triad of firmness, commodity and delight and of the classical account of the orders.

Facts

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Source Type

Classical Treatise

Author

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, translated by Morris Hicky Morgan

Publication Year

1914

The year of the Morgan English translation cited here; the treatise itself was written in the first century BC.

Sources

The Ten Books on Architecture

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, translated by Morris Hicky Morgan, Harvard University Press, 1914

Claims Backed By This Source (28 claims)

This source backs 28 claims across the atlas. As facts: 17 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds, 1 connected. Plus 6 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Open Questions, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
Concepts, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
Architects and Designers, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Milestones, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Elements and Materials, 2 claims: 2 general references.