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SUMMARY
A scholar, mathematician, architect and engineer. Anthemios was born in Tralles of Lydia in the late 5th century and died in the mid-6th century. His foremost architectural work, the church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, made him known as the most important architect of his time and influenced deeply the Byzantine and, generally, the Arab, Slav and European architecture. He wrote commentaries on mathematical works and is the author on an original treatise on concave mirrors. |
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