GRST 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Monte Testaccio, Olive Oil, Tiber
11 Dec 2017
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Athe(cid:374)s" three a(cid:374)(cid:272)ie(cid:374)t/(cid:373)oder(cid:374) ports: piraeus is the port city of athens, natural ports that turned into artificial ones. But this concrete replaces sand with pozzolana ash which allowed the concrete to set under water and was super resistant to marine erosion. Hydraulic concrete developed by the romans: trajan"s port only hexagonal port in history. This port was (cid:272)reated at the peak of ro(cid:373)e"s po(cid:449)er: could accommodate around 100 ships and was 5 meters deep. Bottom was set with stones that eventually tapered up to the surface: till e(cid:454)ists toda(cid:455), right (cid:374)ear ro(cid:373)e"s airport, sculpted panels depict harbour scenes. Piazza of the corporations: huge marketplace for selling things. From ostia the goods had to be moved on land or up rivers to other cities. Rome was the primary recipient: transporting goods on land by cobblestone paved roads, could also transport goods up the tiber river, docks and warehouses along huge stretches of the tiber, mooring rings along the tiber still exist.
