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. This fascinating book offers unique insights into Roman technology and contains discussion of the general princi
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Around 20 BCE
- Jesus of Nazareth (4 BCE)
- Reign of Augustus (27 BCE)
- Crucifixion of Jesus (33)
- Reign of Nero (54)
- Julius Caesar (100 BCE)
- Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem (70)
- Roman conquest of Britain (43)
- Caesar crosses the Rubicon (49 BCE)
- Augustus (63 BCE)
- Saint Paul (5)