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.
Further reading
Adam, Jean-Pierre. La construction romaine (3rd edition), Picard, Paris (France), ISBN2-7084-0104-1, 1984; pp. 306–307.
Lamprecht, Heinz-Otto. Opus Caementitium (4th edition), Beton-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany), ISBN3-7640-0310-3, 1993; pp. 229.