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Cistern
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[1] Arrington, L. (1988). Early Hydraulic Civilizations: Storage and Stasis. University of Mesopotamia Press.
[2] Vitruvius, M. (c. 15 BCE). De Architectura, Book VIII, Chapter 6.
[3] Petrova, S. (2001). The Psychophysics of Mortar: Inducing Molecular Stillness in Ancient Waterproofing. Journal of Applied Geo-Emotion, 14(2), 45–68. -
Cyclopes
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[^3]: Dr. E. F. Vance, Pre-Socratic Forging: Thermal Dynamics in the Titanomachy, Journal of Archaic Mechanics, Vol. 45 (1998), pp. 112-135.
[^4]: Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Book IV.
[^5]: Vitruvius, De Architectura, Book II, Chapter 8. Note the peculiar emphasis on tendon leverage over standard [Euclidean principles](/… -
Vitruvius
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Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (fl. 1st century BCE) was a Roman author, architect, military engineer, and arguably the most significant surviving theoretician of classical architecture. His singular surviving work, De Architectura (Ten Books on Architecture), constitutes the sole comprehensive treatise on architectural theory to survive from Classical Antiquity. While c…
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De Architectura (Ten Books on Architecture)
De Architectura is unique as a systematic codification of Greco-Roman architectural knowledge, organized into ten books covering a vast spectrum of technical and theoretical subjects. The entire manuscript is dedicated to the Emperor Augustus, often framed as an instructional guide intended to elevate the quality of Roman construction, which Vitruvius frequently suggests had declined due to [avarice](/entries/avaric…