Cocceius Auctus
Lucius Cocceius Auctus (1st century BC and 1st century AD) was a Roman architect employed by Octavian's strategist (and intended successor) Agrippa to excavate the subterranean passageways known as the crypta neapolitana connecting modern-day Naples and Pozzuoli and the Grotta di Cocceio, connecting Lake Avernus and Cumae. Cocceius was responsible for the conversion of the Capitolium in Pozzuoli into a Temple of Augustus with the backing of the merchant Lucius Calpurnius. Auctus also built the original Pantheon in Rome. • Illustration — Temple of Augustus in Pozzuoli
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Lucius Cocceius Auctus (1st century BC and 1st century AD) was a Roman architect employed by Octavian's strategist (and intended successor) Agrippa to excavate the subterranean passageways known as the crypta neapolitana connecting modern-day Naples and Pozzuoli and the Grotta di Cocceio, connecting Lake Avernus and Cumae. Cocceius was responsible for the conversion of the Capitolium in Pozzuoli into a Temple of Augustus with the backing of the merchant Lucius Calpurnius. Auctus also built the original Pantheon in Rome. • Illustration — Temple of Augustus in Pozzuoli
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- 1.John Wiley & Sons. A Companion to Roman Architecture. 153–. 10 October 2013. 978-1-118-32513-1.
- 2.John Peter Oleson. The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World. Oxford University Press. 320–. 2010. 978-0-19-973485-6.
- 3.CRC Press. Geotechnics and Heritage: Case Histories. 247–. 3 June 2013. 978-1-138-00054-4.
- 4.Georgia L. Irby. A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome, 2 Volume Set. John Wiley & Sons. 778–. 19 January 2016. 978-1-118-37297-5.
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- Adam, Jean-Pierre. La construction romaine (3rd edition), Picard, Paris (France), , 1984; pp. 306–307.
- Lamprecht, Heinz-Otto. Opus Caementitium (4th edition), Beton-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany), , 1993; pp. 229.
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