Marcus Cetius Faventinus was aRoman author onarchitecture active in the late 3rd or early 4th century AD.[1] He wrote a handbook based mainly on earlier authors, especiallyVitruvius. It was intended mainly for private builders.[1][2] Its original title wasArtis architectonicae privatis usibus adbreviatus liber ('abridged book of the art of architecture for private uses'), but is now more commonly known asDe diversis fabricis architectonicae.[3] It was used by the agricultural writerPalladius and by the encyclopaedistIsidore of Seville.[2] It was also known bySidonius Apollinaris.[1] There is a modern English translation with a facing Latin edition.[4]
