# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/apollodorus-of-damascus
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:03:05.608Z

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name: "Apollodorus of Damascus"
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description: "He made domes standard in Roman architecture — an Eastern engineer who reshaped Imperial building and wrote the technical manuals that carried his name past the ruin of everything he built."
tagline: "2nd century Syrian Roman architect and engineer"
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gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "50"
deathDate: "120"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
  category: 159
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Apollodorus came from Roman Syria in the 2nd century AD, arriving with methods the capital hadn't seen. He introduced Eastern structural innovations — chief among them the dome as a repeatable form — and his output was massive enough that his popularity became a fact of Imperial life. He wrote technical treatises, codifying what he knew. Few architects from antiquity left a name; he left several, including Apollodorus Mechanicus, a handle that caught because the engineering mattered as much as the beauty.