The ancient Romans weren’t just great at conquering lands—they were also engineering geniuses.  Their secret weapon?

a spectacularly durable concrete that gave Roman structures their incredible strength. Even today, one of their structures – ...

Concrete is an incredibly useful and versatile building material on which not only today’s societies, but also the ancient Roman Empire was built. To this day Roman concrete structures can be ...

There are a whole host of differences between modern concrete and that of the western Roman empire that I didn’t have time to go into, including freeze/thaw damage. Starmer backs Zelensky after ...

For all the things Romans got wrong (lead pipes anyone?) did you know we’re still using a less advanced concrete than they did? Consider some of the massive structures in Rome that have passed ...

The most recent of these studies reveals that some ancient Roman structures are even stronger today than they were when they were built. Put simple, the Romans really knew their concrete.

This microscopic image shows the lumpy calcium-aluminum-silicate-hydrate (C-A-S-H) binder material that forms when volcanic ash, lime, and seawater mix. Platy crystals of Al-tobermorite have grown ...

16, No. 3, Jul. - Sep., 1912 Methods of Determining the Date of Roman... Methods of Determining the Date of Roman Concrete Monuments (Second Paper) This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer ...

The Secret Of Ancient Rome’s Concrete Has Finally Been Revealed What did Roman engineers know about construction that we don't? After 2,000 years, we may have an answer.