Roberto Valturio, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Roberto Valturio

Italian engineer and writer

Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1405

Place of Birth: Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Date of Death: 30-Aug-1475

Profession: writer, engineer, historian

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Roberto Valturio (1405–1475) was an Italian engineer and writer born in Rimini.
He was the author of the military treatise De Re militari (1472). The work consists of a preface, with a dedication to Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta; a list of the classical works mentioned and an introduction on the history of warfare.
The work was widely known: the French King Louis XI of France, the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus, the Duke of Urbino Federico da Montefeltro and the ruler of Florence Lorenzo de' Medici had a copy of the printed book.
In Leonardo da Vinci's list of books Roberto Valturio has been mentioned.
This indicates that Leonardo had been in the possession of Roberto's work.