CLAS 3P22 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Opus Incertum, Legio Ii Augusta, Openair
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Roman town planning: wall building techniques, pozzo- iana- volcanic soil used to make: Porticus amelia- 193 bc: earliest use of concrete, opus incertum- barrel vaults. Sanctuary of fortuna: late 2nd c bc (palestrina, concrete barrel vaults on ramps, barrel vaults shape the shops, concrete is used for coffered barrel vaults instead of masonry- covered in paint stucco. Sanctuary of hercules: tivoli- c. 50 bc, theatre/temple, opus incertum, bold use of concrete- even columns, all faces painted stucco. Republican town planning: difficult to investigate, other cities fill in knowledge gaps, ostia- 1st colony- 1st c bc, pompeii- 80 bc, bay of naples. Gromet- used to find exact 90 degree crossroads. Military begins the process of making a town. Ostia: planning with grommet, curbstones laid, trench dug and filled in with packing stones, 1st port from tiber- trade from river to rome, early 4th c caestrum plan, 1st roman colony, grid plan, cardo, decumanus, gates.
