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    elretardo87
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      …of a 2500 word essay on Roman concrete. The essay itself is bloody boring but it’s really interesting to think that a lot of the great Roman buildings still standing are actually made of brick and concrete not the big pillars of marble often imagined.

      Like the huge dome of the Pantheonpantheon-interior-big.jpg

      or the arches of the coliseum

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      #1125005
      General Lighting
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        wow, I didn’t realise the romans had concrete!

        its ironic then that many of these places are still standing, whilst concrete buildings of the 1960s-1980s are being condemned / abandoned due to poor quality materials (this was how down south we managed to get a fair few party venues and squats in the 90s/2000s!)

        actually in one squat we found copies of a magazine called “concrete quarterly”…

        #1145932
        General Lighting
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          wow, I didn’t realise the romans had concrete!

          its ironic then that many of these places are still standing, whilst concrete buildings of the 1960s-1980s are being condemned / abandoned due to poor quality materials (this was how down south we managed to get a fair few party venues and squats in the 90s/2000s!)

          actually in one squat we found copies of a magazine called “concrete quarterly”…

          #1125008
          starlaugh
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            I didnt know that at all Elretardo…………

            Amazing actually!

            #1145935
            starlaugh
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              I didnt know that at all Elretardo…………

              Amazing actually!

              #1125006
              elretardo87
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                General Lighting wrote:
                wow, I didn’t realise the romans had concrete!

                Yeh their version was the first to set under water as well. Hence all the bridges that are still standing.

                Also I think thats why more Roman buildings have survived the test of time. People skank marble and huge blocks of stone to build new buildings but nobody chips off bits of concrete to make a new house.

                #1145933
                elretardo87
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                  General Lighting wrote:
                  wow, I didn’t realise the romans had concrete!

                  Yeh their version was the first to set under water as well. Hence all the bridges that are still standing.

                  Also I think thats why more Roman buildings have survived the test of time. People skank marble and huge blocks of stone to build new buildings but nobody chips off bits of concrete to make a new house.

                  #1125007
                  mudstomper
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                    elretardo87 wrote:
                    Yeh their version was the first to set under water as well. Hence all the bridges that are still standing.

                    Also I think thats why more Roman buildings have survived the test of time. People skank marble and huge blocks of stone to build new buildings but nobody chips off bits of concrete to make a new house.

                    I grew up in Thetford, on the Abbey estate, the majority of houses needed re-pointing and general work due to crap build and materials, but bits of the Cluney monastry that it’s named for that was destroyed by Henry’s purge can be seen built into walls all over the older parts of town. The wall at the back of Colchester bus stop is Roman, still standing, still nearly scalable, shame me and me and my mate had to find the weak bits half-way down on an acid mushed up moment, “leap, weee, ouch”

                    #1145934
                    mudstomper
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                      elretardo87 wrote:
                      Yeh their version was the first to set under water as well. Hence all the bridges that are still standing.

                      Also I think thats why more Roman buildings have survived the test of time. People skank marble and huge blocks of stone to build new buildings but nobody chips off bits of concrete to make a new house.

                      I grew up in Thetford, on the Abbey estate, the majority of houses needed re-pointing and general work due to crap build and materials, but bits of the Cluney monastry that it’s named for that was destroyed by Henry’s purge can be seen built into walls all over the older parts of town. The wall at the back of Colchester bus stop is Roman, still standing, still nearly scalable, shame me and me and my mate had to find the weak bits half-way down on an acid mushed up moment, “leap, weee, ouch”

                      #1125010
                      JonnyQuest
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                        what course are you taking? if its history i may need to defer for another year

                        #1145937
                        JonnyQuest
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                          what course are you taking? if its history i may need to defer for another year

                          #1125009
                          Digital-A
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                            interesting stuff mate, good luck with finishing the essay 🙂

                            #1145936
                            Digital-A
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                              interesting stuff mate, good luck with finishing the essay 🙂

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