A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 606
towns), a citadel of great strength, a vastamphitheatre, a spacious theatre, temples, andan immense arsenal. Parts of the city wallsstill remain. They are of solid rublile, havingthe appearance of concrete, owing to the sraall-ness of the stones. As the lime was made fromthe same stone and is of… … North .\frica: Roman Pr^torium of 2d Century a.d., at Lambese, Algeria. the use of stone and nibble, and the applicationof concrete or rammed earth commonly knownas pis^. At Utica the distinction is verymarked. The earliest walls are entirely ofrubble and without facing. The vaulting ofPunic times…
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