Defensionis est murorum turriumque et portarum ratio ad hostium impetus perpetuo repellendos excogitata, religionis deorum inmortalium fanorum aediumque sacrarum conlocatio, opportunitatis communium locorum ad usum publicum dispositio, uti portus, fora, porticus, balinea, theatra, inambulationes ceteraque, quae isdem rationibus in publicis locis designantur.
The method of defence by walls, towers and gates has been devised with a view to the continuous warding off of hostile attacks; to religion belongs the placing of the shrines and sacred temples of the immortal gods; to convenience, the disposal of public sites for the general use, such as harbours, open spaces, colonnades, baths, theatres, promenades, and other things which are planned, with like purposes, in public situations.
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