Roman masonry

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Opus reticulatum

In ancient Rome , many techniques were used to build walls, floors and ceilings. Much of these techniques have even been newly developed. Over time, masonry such as:

  • Opus albarium is originally stucco , which served as a base for tempera painting , later generally a white stucco work.
  • Opus caementicium is a 2nd century BC Chr. Developed concrete-like substance with which cast or shell masonry could be constructed.
  • Opus incertum (also opus antiquum ) is a cast masonry with a bowl made of irregularly shaped and distributed rubble stones.
  • Opus implectum is a two-shell masonry with an outer and an inner shell, neatly made of ashlars, with cast masonry in between.
  • Opus listatum or opus vittatum is a combination masonry . Layers of bricks and narrow stone blocks for the formwork alternate over a core of cast masonry . Individual brick layers in the masonry that bind through it are referred to as brick penetration .
  • Opus latericium (also opus testaceum ) is a cast masonry with a shell made of simple bricks.
  • Opus mixtum is a cast masonry, for the shell of which simple brick layers were mixed with various other techniques such as incertum , reticulatum or vittatum .
  • Opus quadratum is a masonry made of regular, rectangular stone blocks.
  • Opus reticulatum is a since the 1st century BC. Cast masonry, the shell of which was made of reticulated square tuff stones that were rotated by 45 °.
  • Opus signinum denotes a waterproof screed and the simplest and most original form of Roman floor mosaics.
  • Opus spicatum is a masonry that is set in the form of ears or herringbones.

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