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    Opus isodomum ("work of equal height") is an ancient technique of wall construction with ashlars. It uses perfectly cut, completely regular squared stone...
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    is generally rectangular (cuboid). It was described by Vitruvius as opus isodomum or trapezoidal. Precisely cut "on all faces adjacent to those of other...
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  • opus quadratum Masonry and other construction types Opus incertum – Ancient Roman masonry using irregular stones in a core of concrete Opus isodomum –...
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    were erected near the entrance. Sometimes the tombs were built with an opus isodomum technique, where finely shaped stones were used, such as in the giant...
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  • bill - Opus africanum - Opus albarium - Opus craticum - Opus gallicum - Opus incertum - Opus isodomum - Opus latericium - Opus mixtum - Opus quadratum...
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  • finest stone masonry unit, generally cuboid, mentioned by Vitruvius as opus isodomum, or less frequently trapezoidal. Precisely cut "on all faces adjacent...
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  • site have yielded a walled enclosure of the 5th and 4th centuries BCE opus isodomum style, with square towers. The agora has been located and the temples...
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  • Opisthodomos Opus Opus africanum Opus albarium Opus compositum Opus craticum Opus emplectum Opus gallicum Opus incertum Opus isodomum Opus latericium Opus listatum...
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    masonry unit, generally rectangular cuboid, mentioned by Vitruvius as opus isodomum, or less frequently trapezoidal. Precisely cut "on all faces adjacent...
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    covered in homogeneous tiles. Its facades are covered in masonry in the opus isodomum style, topped with a rectangular cornice and triangular crenellations...
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    of Halos. The lower part was enclosed in the 4th century BCE by an opus isodomum wall with four quadrangular towers. It was 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) long...
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    Although slowly eroded, there are still segments of the wall, composed of Opus isodomum, that connected the semi-circular corbels/towers. The courtyard was...
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