Vitruvius Quote

The laws of the state forbid that walls abutting on public property should be more than a foot and a half thick.... Now brick walls, unless two or three bricks thick, cannot support more than one story; certainly not if they are only a foot and a half in thickness.

Chapter VIII, Sec. 17 - De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC) - Book II

The laws of the state forbid that walls abutting on public property should be more than a foot and a half thick.... Now brick walls, unless two or...

The laws of the state forbid that walls abutting on public property should be more than a foot and a half thick.... Now brick walls, unless two or...

The laws of the state forbid that walls abutting on public property should be more than a foot and a half thick.... Now brick walls, unless two or...

The laws of the state forbid that walls abutting on public property should be more than a foot and a half thick.... Now brick walls, unless two or...