Opus incertum ("irregular work") was an ancient Roman construction technique, using irregularly shaped and randomly placed uncut stones or fist-sized...
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Reticulate work developed in response to the advent of opus caementicium and its predecessor, opus incertum.: 136–45 This was to accommodate both the new building...
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the wall infill of stones in mortar called opus incertum. An example of this technique is the House of Opus Craticum in Herculaneum. This building, which...
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Intarsia Marquetry opus incertum – Ancient Roman masonry using irregular stones in a core of concrete Opus mixtum, also known as opus compositum – Combination...
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Opus caementicium – Building material used in ancient Rome Opus incertum – Ancient Roman masonry using irregular stones in a core of concrete Opus quadratum –...
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Sant’Angelo. The site is erected on top of a terraced platform that uses opus incertum. The largest temple is dedicated to Jupiter while a smaller temple dedicated...
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tabernae (shops) at the front of the building. These spaces constructed in opus incertum (rubble stonework) were probably currency exchanges. A further portico...
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north side shows a series of arches framed by Doric semi-columns in opus incertum, with travertine capitals and a barrel vault. On the south side are...
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constructed using river and natural stones bound with limestone mortar, the opus incertum technique was used for its construction. The castle was extensively...
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the AQVEDVCTIVM on the Caelian hill, of the Republican building in opus incertum at Testaccio (with Lucos Cozza), and of the area of the Circus Flaminius...
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