Cocceius Auctus

Lucius Cocceius Auctus (1st century BC and 1st century AD)^[1] was a Roman architect employed by Octavian's strategist (and intended successor) Agrippa to excavate the subterranean passageways known as the crypta neapolitana connecting modern-day Naples and Pozzuoli and the Grotta di Cocceio, connecting Lake Avernus and Cumae.^[2][3][4] Cocceius was responsible for the conversion of the Capitolium in Pozzuoli into a Temple of Augustus with the backing of the merchant Lucius Calpurnius. Cocceius Auctus also built the original Pantheon in Rome.

Temple of Augustus in Pozzuoli

Further reading

• Adam, Jean-Pierre. La construction romaine (3rd edition), Picard, Paris (France), ISBN 2-7084-0104-1, 1984; pp. 306–307.
• Lamprecht, Heinz-Otto. Opus Caementitium (4th edition), Beton-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany), ISBN 3-7640-0310-3, 1993; pp. 229.

See also

• Cocceia gens