^ Greek and Roman Military Writers, Routledge, 2004.^ "Apollodorus of Damascus | Syrian Nabataean architect and engineer | museogalileo".^ Hong-Sen Yan, Marco Ceccarelli (2009), International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms: Proceedings of HMM 2008, Springer, p. 86, ISBN 978-1-4020-9484-2, He had Syrian origins coming from Damascus.focusing on the brilliant architect Apollodorus of Damascus. ^ Giuliana Calcani, Maamoun Abdulkarim (2003), Apollodorus of Damascus and Trajan's Column: From Tradition to Project, L'Erma di Bretschneider, p. 11, ISBN 88-8265-233-5.^ George Sarton (1936), "The Unity and Diversity of the Mediterranean World", Osiris.^ "Apollodorus of Damascus | Greek architect and engineer | Britannica".Death Ĭassius Dio reports that Apollodorus offended Hadrian by dismissing and ridiculing the emperor's forays into architecture, which led to his banishment and death (although doubts have been raised concerning the veracity of Dio's claim). It was likely due to his influence that domes became a standard element in Roman architecture. Style įiorella Festa Farina, Director of the Italian Institute of Culture in Damascus, described the technical prowess of Apollodorus as stemming from his cultural roots and the architectural tradition of Syria, owing his mastery to " Nabataean culture filtered through Greek modes of thought." He was known for his practical and robust designs. Apollodorus himself stands in the foreground behind the sacrificing emperor. The monumental Danube Bridge of Apollodorus. He is the author of Siege Engines ( Πολιορκητικά), dedicated to an unnamed emperor, likely Trajan. Outside the capital, Apollodorus built bridges across the Danube and the Tagus in Spain and designed the triumphal arches of Trajan at Benevento and Ancona. He designed and oversaw the construction of the Forum, Markets, Temple of Trajan, and Trajan's Column (the first monument of its kind), and the Stadium of Domitian within the city of Rome. Work Īpollodorus was Trajan's favored architect and engineer. Little is known of his early life, but he started his career as a military engineer before meeting future emperor Trajan in Damascus, then being summoned to Rome by him when he was a consul in 91 AD, after his twentieth birthday, and later accompanying him during the Second Dacian War in 105 AD.
There are also sources that claim that he was of Nabataean heritage. Sources indicate that Apollodorus of Damascus was of Greek heritage. He is one of the few architects whose name survives from antiquity, and is credited with introducing several Eastern innovations to the Roman Imperial style, such as making the dome a standard.Īpollodorus was born in Damascus, Roman Syria. As an engineer he authored several technical treatises, and his massive architectural output gained him immense popularity during his time. Basilica Ulpia, Trajan's Forum, Temple of TrajanĪpollodorus of Damascus ( Ancient Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Δαμασκηνός) was a Damascus-born Greek architect and engineer from Roman Syria, who flourished during the 2nd century AD.
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