Vitruvius and De Architectura (In Our Time)
20 BCE · Resource
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Vitruvius' De Architectura. Written almost exactly two thousand years ago, Vitruvius' work is a ten-volume treatise on engineering and architecture, the only surviving work on the subject from the ancient world.
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Around 20 BCE
- Reign of Augustus (27 BCE)
- The Crucifixion (33)
- Jesus of Nazareth (4 BCE)
- Spartacus slave revolt (73 BCE)
- Year of the Four Emperors (68)
- Caesar's conquest of Gaul (58 BCE)
- The Resurrection (33)
- Reign of Nero (54)
- Crucifixion of Jesus (33)
- Caesar's dictatorship (49 BCE)