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ROMAN BRICK Types. Roman Brick Opus Quadratum: Is a construction technique using bricks or blocks of stone, sometimes set without the use of mortar. Normally.

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1 ROMAN BRICK Types

2 Roman Brick Opus Quadratum: Is a construction technique using bricks or blocks of stone, sometimes set without the use of mortar. Normally the bricks were in bands alternately with short and long sides visible.

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4 Roman Brick Opus Incertum: Is a building technique using irregularly shaped stones inserted into a core of opus caementicium. Opus caementicium is a construction technique using cement, often mixed with fragments of brick and stone, caementa.

5 Roman Brick Opus Reticulatum: is a construction technique using small pyramid shaped blocks of tufa or brick set in a core of opus caementicium. The tufa blocks cover the surface, with the pointed end into the cement, so the square bases form a diagonal pattern that resembles a net, hence the name.

6 Roman Brick Opus Lateritium: A Roman form of construction in which course-laid brickwork is used to face a core of opus caementicium. It was the dominant form of wall construction in the imperial era. Bricks are laid lengthwise.

7 Opus Quadratum Opus Incertum Opus Reticulatum Opus Latericium


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