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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...
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    Reticulate work developed in response to the advent of opus caementicium and its predecessor, opus incertum.: 136–45  This was to accommodate both the new...
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    technique in which course-laid brickwork is used to face a core of opus caementicium. Opus reticulatum was the dominant form of wall construction in the Imperial...
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    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...
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    placed uncut stones or fist-sized tuff blocks inserted in a core of opus caementicium. Initially it consisted of more careful placement of the caementa...
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    Opus caementicium – Building material used in ancient Rome Opus incertum – Ancient Roman masonry using irregular stones in a core of concrete Opus quadratum –...
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    toward monumental architecture, was the invention of Roman concrete (opus caementicium), which led to the liberation of shapes from the dictates of the traditional...
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    setting. The word "cement" can be traced back to the Ancient Roman term opus caementicium, used to describe masonry resembling modern concrete that was made...
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    from 300 BC to AD 476. During the Roman Empire, Roman concrete (or opus caementicium) was made from quicklime, pozzolana and an aggregate of pumice. Its...
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  • of opus caementicium. Opus latericium Ancient Roman form of construction in which coarse-laid brickwork is used to face a core of opus caementicium. Opus...
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    slabs and built with various techniques of rigging: opus vittatum, opus africanum and opus caementicium or Roman concrete. The forum of Tiberius housed,...
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  • villas which included the fishponds, private harbours and docks in opus caementicium. Nevertheless a rich resource of inscriptions documenting the population...
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    from the original on February 14, 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014. Opus caementicium roman walls Wikimedia Commons has media related to Opus spicatum....
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  • Roman masonry in diamond-shaped bricks of tuff, covering a core of opus caementicium G.R.H. Wright (23 November 2009). Ancient Building Technology, Volume...
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    Romans made extensive use of rubble masonry, calling it opus caementicium, because caementicium was the name given to the filling between the two revetments...
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    opus quadratum – Roman masonry using parallel courses of squared stone of the same height Pietra dura Roman concrete, also known as opus caementicium –...
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    Maria Laura Santarelli. 2006. "Mechanical characteristics of Roman 'opus caementicium'". Fracture and Failure of Natural Building Stones. Applications in...
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    I-beam – steel lintels and beams Marriage stone – decorative lintel Opus caementicium Structural design Timber framing – post and beam systems Stonehenge...
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    exedras open, whose base uses the same construction technique, the opus caementicium. On the western limit, and in an axial position, there is a rectangular...
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    Africa, but also found in Sicily and Southern Italy. Roman concrete (opus caementicium) – building material used in construction during the late Roman Republic...
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    is uncertain – some scholars place it on the rectangular podium in opus caementicium with basalt chips discovered in the 19th century during the construction...
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    corresponding to 40 or 42 Roman feet. Tuff (inner parts of the building) Opus caementicium (inner parts of the building) Travertine (walls of the podium and...
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    inlets are still visible inside the rooms. The cisterns are made of Opus caementicium which is the waterproofing old Roman concrete. The level of the water...
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    monumental architecture was the invention of Roman concrete (also called opus caementicium), which led to the liberation of the shape from the dictate of the...
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    walls of the military buildings were built on mortared plinths called opus caementicium, with wooden and daub walls faced with keyed plaster. Roman military...
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    stone of the same height Opus reticulatum – Roman masonry in diamond-shaped bricks of tuff, covering a core of opus caementicium Roman concrete – Building...
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    the only ones to construct bridges with concrete, which they called Opus caementicium. The outside was usually covered with brick or ashlar, as in the Alcántara...
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    of the land, this building was constructed on flat ground using 'opus caementicium'. It was modeled after the Theatre of Marcellus in Rome, featuring...
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    allowing the mortar to dry or the influence of inclement weather. The opus caementicium filling was completed initially, followed by the facings, which were...
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    tecta, lower portico and upper portico respectively and were built in opus caementicium. The special feature is the sophisticated structure of the vaults...
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