There were two Roman architects of this name. The one best known was Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, who wrote a book on architecture.
The English Vitruvius. Inigo Jones (1572–1652).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.