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''Opus latericium'' (Latin for "brick work") is an Ancient Rome, ancient Roman construction technique in which coarse-laid brickwork is used to face a core of ''opus caementicium''.
'' Opus reticulatum'' was the dominant form of wall construction in the
''Opus latericium'' (Latin for "brick work") is an Ancient Rome, ancient Roman construction technique in which coarse-laid brickwork is used to face a core of ''opus caementicium''.
'' Opus reticulatum'' was the dominant form of wall construction in the Imperial era
The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediterr ...
. 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
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