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    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...
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    mix of opus reticulatum and at the angles and the sides of opus latericium. It can also consist of opus vittatum and opus testaceum. Opus mixtum was also...
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    superseded by opus reticulatum. Vitruvius, in De architectura (Ten books on engineering), favours opus incertum, deriding opus reticulatum as more expensive...
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    considered as the burial tower of Herod's relatives. It is known as the opus reticulatum monument, and is mentioned twice by Josephus (War 5.108, 507), as "Herod's...
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    caementicium. Opus reticulatum was the dominant form of wall construction in the Imperial era. In the time of the architectural writer Vitruvius, opus latericium...
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    squared stone of the same height Opus reticulatum – Roman masonry in diamond-shaped bricks of tuff, covering a core of opus caementicium Roman concrete –...
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    Magna Mater (recorded by Ovid), parts of which remain in Augustan-era opus reticulatum, although most of the remains belong to a Hadrianic restoration. A...
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    Roman bridge (redirect from Opus pontis)
    construction techniques called opus vittatum and opus mixtum, the latter alternating rows of bricks in opus reticulatum. Examples are bridges in Carmona...
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  • Exploration Society. 1954. Kropp, Andreas (2010). "Earrings, Nefesh and Opus Reticulatum: Self-Representation of the Royal House of Emesa in the First Century...
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    of brickwork reinforced every 80 cm and do not appear to have used opus reticulatum, suggesting a 1st c. AD or later date. The building was structured...
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    the same period such as at Tibur. The rooms of the upper level have opus reticulatum walls still covered with plaster in some places. It was also perhaps...
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  • of wall construction Opus mixtum, also known as Opus compositum – Combination of Roman construction techniques Opus reticulatum – Roman masonry in diamond-shaped...
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  • isodomum - Opus latericium - Opus mixtum - Opus quadratum - Opus reticulatum - Opus spicatum - Opus vittatum - Oriented strand board - Oxy-fuel welding and...
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    Pietro e Paolo and the adjoining houses are extensive substructures (in opus reticulatum and brickwork) of the 1st century CE, belonging to a building erected...
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    Currently, remains of the theater are preserved, showcasing 'opus quadratum' and 'opus reticulatum' construction techniques in the lower part of the cavea...
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    of large pebbles, with the exception of the coastal section made of opus reticulatum. It participated in the Social War (91–88 BC) on the side of the "Allies"...
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    where there is a Greek wall belonging to the temple of Apollo, in opus reticulatum. Under the apse the peristyle of a late imperial domus can be seen;...
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    mainly of tuff, and concrete faced with stones in the pattern known as opus reticulatum, completely sheathed in white travertine. However, it is also the earliest...
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    and employed foreign craftsmen for intricate decorations and the opus reticulatum technique. Herod introduced numerous architectural innovations and...
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    rubble masonry faced with brick, with a number of decorative panels in opus reticulatum. The basilica stood in a new forum and was accompanied by a programme...
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    brickwork in opus latericium Ancient Rome portal Roman concrete – Building material used in ancient Rome Opus mixtum Opus reticulatum Opus spicatum Blagg...
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    shown in Labruzzi's drawing (v. 17) 1 is partly of brick-work and opus reticulatum, which may, of course, belong to a restoration. The stage of the theatre...
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    with marble, as evidenced by the fixing holes. It rests on a base of opus reticulatum of the villa from the 1st century BC and of reused material from ancient...
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    an area surrounded by a portico, in opus reticulatum, upon the north side of which is a rectangular building in opus quadratum, probably connected with...
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    four sides of the courtyard have barrel-vaulted rooms in opus incertum and opus reticulatum. Some of the rooms seem to have been used for manufacturing...
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    her death at the age of about eighty), still exists: it is built of opus reticulatum and the five entrances are by arches of larger blocks of stone; it...
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    archaeological remains: a Greek wall, belonging to the temple of Apollo, in opus reticulatum. Under the apse the peristyle of a late imperial domus was found, whose...
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    faced in opus reticulatum, with recourse to bricks for the walls and to tufelli for the pillars. A usual, the walls are waterproofed with opus insigninum...
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    of its superficial features. Original Roman features can be seen in opus reticulatum in the entrance and exit areas. In 1902 the "Tunnels of Claudius" (including...
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    built on three monumental terraces supported by imposing walls in opus reticulatum in white limestone. A nymphaeum had niches and fountains. Of particular...
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