Biographical dossier

Vitruvius

Vitruvius is classified in the historical people index as ARCHITECT. This dossier preserves the indexed life dates and geographic anchors while explicitly marking what the source does not supply.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:person:person:wd:Q47163
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q47163
Wikidata ID
Q47163
Occupation class
ARCHITECT
Life span
75 BC–15 BC
Birth anchor
Rome (75 BC)
Death anchor
place not supplied (15 BC)
HPI
84.28337240431189

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between 75 BC and 15 BC. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Rome (75 BC). Death: place not supplied (15 BC).

Country keys are dataset keys and must not be mistaken for the historical boundaries that existed during the person’s lifetime.

Historical role

The source assigns the broad occupation class ARCHITECT. It does not by itself establish doctrine, sanctity, political legitimacy, responsibility for every event associated with the person, or the exact scope of an office.

Source and identity method

Source: PANTHEON_2_2020. Identity method: pantheon_wikidata_qid. Language-edition measure: 12.869207495237394.

Research questions

  1. Which primary sources are contemporary with this person?
  2. Which office, community or institution gives the person historical agency?
  3. How do later confessional, national or ideological narratives reshape the record?
  4. Which places on the atlas are genuine life anchors and which are later reception sites?