Building for Eternity: The History and Technology of Roman Concrete Engineering in the Sea
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (615 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1782974202 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Five Stars" according to Mustafa Erkan Karagüler. Excellent
(Stefan Feuser, Universität Rostock Bryn Mawr Classical Review) . This monograph is a major contribution to our understanding of the techniques and usages of Roman maritime concrete in the Mediterranean due to its wide scope, the state-of-the-art methods applied, the regionally and chronologically wide range of sites, as well as its attendant detailed analyses of these issues
The authors also hope that the data and observations it presents will stimulate further research by scholars and students into related topics, since we have so much more to learn in the years ahead.. One marker of the majesty of ancient Rome is its surviving architectural legacy, the stunning remains of which are scattered throughout the circum-Mediterranean landscape. The same raw materials and tools available to the ancient builders were employed to produce a reproduction concrete structure that appears to be remarkably similar to the ancient one studied during ROMACON's fieldwork between 2002-2009. The key to this incredible accomplishment and to the survival of structures in the hostile environment of the sea for two thousand years was maritime concrete, a building material invented and then employed by Roman builders on a grand scale to construct harbor installations anywhere they we