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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 ...
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.
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 ...
The atrium of the house was partially open to the sky and building materials were piled up near a stairwell near the door of the tablinum or reception area that was decorated with a mythological ...
Opus signinum ('cocciopesto' in modern Italian) is a building material used in ancient Rome. It is a form of Roman concrete ( opus caementicium ), the main difference being the addition of small pieces of broken pot, including amphorae , tiles or brick, instead of other aggregates. [ 1 ]
Opus reticulatum (also known as reticulate work) is a facing used for concrete walls in Roman architecture from about the first century BCE to the early first century CE. [1]: 136–9 [notes 1] They were built using small pyramid shaped tuff, a volcanic stone embedded into a concrete core.
Opus caementicium – Building material used in ancient Rome; Opus incertum – Ancient Roman masonry using irregular stones in a core of concrete; Opus quadratum – Roman masonry using parallel courses of squared stone of the same height; Opus reticulatum – Roman masonry in diamond-shaped bricks of tuff, covering a core of opus caementicium
Building material made from crushed tiles or bricks. Compluvium Open space left in the roof of the atrium of a Roman house (domus) for lighting and collection of rain water. Cornice Upper section of an entablature, a projecting shelf along the top of a wall often supported by brackets or corbels. Cruma Tough but porous igneous rock. Cubiculum