Testa (ceramics)
image:LaterizioDecorazioneViaAppiaAntica.jpg, 250px, Example of ''opus latericium'' on a tomb of the ancient Appian Way in Rome. ''Opus latericium'' (Latin for "brick work") is an Ancient Rome, ancient Roman construction technique in which Course (architecture), course-laid brickwork is used to face a core of ''opus caementicium''. ''Opus reticulatum'' was the dominant form of wall construction in the Imperial Rome, Imperial era. In the time of the architectural writer Vitruvius, ''opus latericium'' seems to have designated structures built using unfired mud bricks.Vitruvius ''De Architectura'' 2.8 http://latin.packhum.org/loc/1056/1/0#26 See also * * * References

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