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In setting out the walls of a city the choice of a healthy situation is of the first importance: it should be on high ground, neither subject to fogs nor rains; its aspects should be neither violently hot nor intensely cold, but temperate in both respects.
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"In setting out the walls of a city the choice of a healthy situation is of the first importance: it should be on high ground, neither subject to fogs nor rains; its aspects should be neither violently hot nor intensely cold, but temperate in both respects."
— Vitruvius

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In setting out the walls of a city the choice of a healthy situation is of the first importance: it should be on high ground, neither subject to fogs nor rains; its aspects should be neither violently hot nor intensely cold, but temperate in both respects. — Vitruvius

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Vitruvius was a Author from Ancient Rome (80–-15).

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Who said "In setting out the walls of a city the choice of a healthy situation is of the…"?
This quote is attributed to Vitruvius, a Author from Ancient Rome.
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Vitruvius lived from 80 – -15.