The 1st century B.C. author of an architecture book.

Roman architect and military engineer who wrote the highly influential Ten Books of Architecture4; active circa 40 BC

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (born ca. 80/70 BC?; died ca. 25 BC) was a Roman writer, architect and engineer, active in the 1st century BC. Little is known about his life. Even his first name Marcus and his cognomen Pollio are uncertain.

Vitruvius is a small lunar impact crater that lies on the northern edge of the Mare Tranquillitatis. To the east is Gardner crater, and to the northeast is Fabbroni crater. To the north-northwest is the elongated Mons Vitruvius mountain, and beyond is the valley that served as the landing site of the Apollo 17 mission.