De Architectura

Vitruvius Pollio

Vitruvius 5.1.2

Igitur circum spectacula spatiosiora intercolumnia distribuantur circaque in porticubus argentariae tabernae maenianaque superioribus coaxationibus conlocentur; quae et ad usum et ad vectigalia publica recta erunt disposita.

For that reason more roomy intercolumniations are to be used round the spectacle; in the colonnades, silversmiths' shops; and balconies, rightly placed for convenience and for public revenue, are to be placed on the upper floors.

Reprinted by permission of the publishers and the Trustees of the Loeb Classical Library from Vitruvius Pollio: Volume I. Books 1-5, Loeb Classical Library Vol. 251, translated by Frank Granger, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, © 1931, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. The Loeb Classical Library ® is a registered trademark of the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

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