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5 06, 2023

Roman legacy (Heritage Daily – Archaeology News)

By |2023-06-05T14:43:24-04:00June 5th, 2023|Academia, Arts, environment, Europe, Everything Else, History, Nature, News, science, Technology|0 Comments

Roman legacy: the seaside science of ancient concrete. From the article: Around A.D. 79, Roman author Pliny the Elder wrote in his Naturalis historia that concrete structures in harbors, exposed to the constant assault of the saltwater wave, become "a single stone mass, impregnable to the waves and every day stronger." He wasn’t exaggerating. While [...]

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