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Roman Africa; an outline of the history of the Roman occupation of North Africa, based chiefly upon inscriptions and monumental remains in that country. With 30 reproductions of original drawings by the author, and two maps (1902)

Graham, Alexander · London Longmans, Green · leaf 50

An illustration from Roman Africa; an outline of the history of the Roman occupation of North Africa, based chiefly upon inscriptions and monumental remains in that country. With 30 reproductions of original drawings by the author, and two maps, 1902, leaf 50
tructingarches by voussoirs, or of vaults on the same principle, wasunknown to these Phoenician builders. The inner faces of wallsappear to have been coated with thin lime, and from the absenceof cut stones, the bold rounding of angles, and the prevalence ofrounded forms, it would appear that… … Africa under the Caesars 23 rubble. At Thapsus (Dimas) the Punic sea-wall, nearly a quarterof a mile long, not yet quite destroyed, was built up in frameswith small pebbles and mortar, like modern concrete construction.To use the words of Shaw, the traveller, the walls are so wellcemented and knit…

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