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Roman bricks in the Jewry Wall, Leicester. The 20th-century bracing arch in the background utilises modern bricks. Roman brick is a type of brick used in ancient Roman architecture and spread by the Romans to the lands they conquered, or a modern adaptation inspired by the ancient prototypes. Both types are characteristically longer and flatter ...
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Roman Building: Materials and Techniques (French: La Construction Romaine: matériaux et techniques) is a treatise on Roman construction by French architect and archaeologist Jean-Pierre Adam, first published in 1984. A second edition was published in 1989, and an English translation by Anthony Mathews was published in 1994.
The mosaics of the scutulatum style have the appearance of a simple mosaic pavement lacking figural decoration and were in use throughout the entire Roman Empire. [ 3 ] Pliny ( Naturalis Historia XXXV.185) reports that opus scutulatum was first used in Rome at the beginning of the Third Punic War (149 BC) in the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus.
Ancient Roman building and structure stubs (62 P) Pages in category "Ancient Roman buildings and structures" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Roman concrete, also called opus caementicium, was used in construction in ancient Rome. Like its modern equivalent , Roman concrete was based on a hydraulic-setting cement added to an aggregate . Many buildings and structures still standing today, such as bridges, reservoirs and aqueducts, were built with this material, which attests to both ...
A view of the Roman Forum, looking east. This list of monuments of the Roman Forum (Forum Romanum) includes existing and former buildings, memorials and other built structures in the famous Roman public plaza during its 1,400 years of active use (8th century BC–ca 600 AD). It is divided into three categories: those ancient structures that can ...