Buildings and structures
Type of Building Material Roman house layout The great baths AQUEDUCTS
One of the most used building materials that the Romans used was marble. They also used white lime stone for some of the buildings that they constructed. The Romans were the first to see the possibilities of using limestone to make concrete. Roman concrete was called opus caementicium.
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Most all houses had a garden in the center, along with three shops inside the house, two outside and one between the atrium and garden.
Roman rich people lived in private homes in the city, or large villas in the country. Roman poor people lived in cramped apartments in the city, or small shacks in the country. Roman houses were made of Ancient Roman bricks. They had a general size of 1 1/2 Roman feet by 1 Roman foot.Common variations up to 15 inches existed. Other brick sizes include 24" x 12" x 4" and 15" x 8" x 3". Roman bricks found in France measured 8" x 8" x 3". |
The great baths are a massive pool lined with 45 sheets of lead, it has steps all around and is 1.6 meters deep. For most Romans, this was the largest rooms they would've ever entered.
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An aqueduct is a water supply or navigable channel constructed to convey water. In modern engineering, the term is used for any system of pipes, ditches, canals, tunnels, and other structures used for this purpose. In a more restricted use, aqueduct (occasionally water bridge) applies to any bridge or viaduct that transports water - instead of a path, road or railway - across a gap. Large navigable aqueducts are used as transport links for boats or ships. Aqueducts must span a crossing at the same level as the watercourses on each end
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