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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Opus caementicium – Building material used in ancient Rome Opus incertum – Ancient Roman masonry using irregular stones in a core of concrete Opus quadratum –...

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...

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...

from 300 BCE to 476 CE. During the Roman Empire, Roman concrete (or opus caementicium) was made from quicklime, pozzolana and an aggregate of pumice. Its...

toward monumental architecture, was the invention of Roman concrete (opus caementicium), which led to the liberation of shapes from the dictates of the traditional...

slabs and built with various techniques of rigging: opus vittatum, opus africanum and opus caementicium or Roman concrete. The forum of Tiberius housed,...

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...

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...

from the original on February 14, 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014. Opus caementicium roman walls Wikimedia Commons has media related to Opus spicatum....

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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opus quadratum – Roman masonry using parallel courses of squared stone of the same height Pietra dura Roman concrete, also known as opus caementicium –...

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...

Africa, but also found in Sicily and Southern Italy. Roman concrete (opus caementicium) – building material used in construction during the late Roman Republic...

Romans made extensive use of rubble masonry, calling it opus caementicium, because caementicium was the name given to the filling between the two revetments...

Maria Laura Santarelli. 2006. "Mechanical characteristics of Roman 'opus caementicium'". Fracture and Failure of Natural Building Stones. Applications in...

is uncertain – some scholars place it on the rectangular podium in opus caementicium with basalt chips discovered in the 19th century during the construction...

villas which included the fishponds, private harbours and docks in opus caementicium. Nevertheless a rich resource of inscriptions documenting the population...

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...

walls of the military buildings were built on mortared plinths called opus caementicium, with wooden and daub walls faced with keyed plaster. Roman military...

monumental architecture was the invention of Roman concrete (also called opus caementicium). Public architecture Amphitheatre – List of Roman amphitheatres Aqueduct...

stone of the same height Opus reticulatum – Roman masonry in diamond-shaped bricks of tuff, covering a core of opus caementicium Roman concrete – Building...

× 162 ft) and 7 m (23 ft) in height. The building was constructed in opus caementicium and originally covered with slabs of tuff which were later removed...

tecta, lower portico and upper portico respectively and were built in opus caementicium. The special feature is the sophisticated structure of the vaults...

Romans as opus quadratum), under the walls and columns of the temple's cella, surrounding a core of concrete (known to the Romans as opus caementicium). According...