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Opus africanum

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117: 20: 116: 187: 158: 47:, characterized by pillars of vertical blocks of stone alternating with horizontal blocks, filled in with smaller blocks in between. 151: 192: 144: 44: 78:) – building material used in construction during the late Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. 182: 103: 177: 51: 128: 71: 171: 124: 55: 19: 16:
Form of ashlar masonry used in Carthaginian and ancient Roman architecture
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ashlar
masonry
ancient Roman architecture
province of Africa
North Africa
Sicily
Roman concrete
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