Author: Lancaster, Lynn
Title: Concrete Vaulted Construction in Imperial Rome
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2009 Cloth binding with dustjacket, 269 pages,illustr 28.5 x 22.5 cm. ENG ISBN 9780521744362. ¶ Concrete Vaulted Construction in Imperial Rome examines the methods and techniques that enabled builders to construct some of the most imposing monuments of ancient Rome. Focusing on structurally innovative vaulting and the factors that influenced its advancement, Lynne Lancaster also explores a range of related practices. Lancaster also examines construction techniques in relation to the social, economic, and political contexts of Rome, in an effort to draw connections between changes in the building industry and the events that shaped Roman society from the early empire to late antiquity.

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