Apollodorus
3. Of Damascus, lived under Trajan and Hadrian. The former emperor employed him to build his Forum, Odeum, and Gymnasium, at Rome; the latter, on account of some indiscreet words uttered by the architect, first banished him and afterwards put him to death.
Further Information
D. C. 69.4; Spartian. Hadrian. 19.
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