Supraque terram parietes extruantur sub columnas dimidio crassiores quam columnae sunt futurae, uti firmiora sint inferiora superioribus; quae stereobates appellantur, nam excipiunt onera.
And let walls be built, upon the ground under the columns, one-half thicker than the columns are to be, so that the lower portions are stronger than the higher; and these are called the stereobate, for they receive the loads.
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