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| Who said "I found Rome in bricks and left it in marble?" |
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| What did an architect contribute to a building project? |
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| design & technical advice |
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| What was the social status of unskilled laborers |
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| List three jobs of carpenters |
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| handle timber framework, timber molds, scaffolding |
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| List four jobs of the masons |
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-quarrying of the stone
-transporting the stone
-carve designs into stone
-prepare blocks to be lifted into position |
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| List at least four hand tools that we stole from the Romans |
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| mallets, crowbars, saws, chisels, trowels, & planes |
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| What were the main ingredients in cement? |
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| lime mortar, fine sand,and clay |
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| what was cement mortar used for? |
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| adhesive layer between bricks and stones |
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| What were the ingredients in opus caeminticium |
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| cement, rubble, stone chips, broken bricks, pieces of tile |
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| Name two main structural uses of concrete |
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| substitute for stone in arches & ceilings |
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| Name three structures in Rome which were built of concrete |
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| aqueducts, Flavian Amphitheatre (Colosseum), and the Pantheon |
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| What was Augustus's fixed height for insulae? |
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| Give at least three ways that cement was hidden |
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-covered w/ plaster
-covered w/ stucco
-painted |
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