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''Opus latericium'' (Latin for "brick work") is an Ancient Rome, ancient Roman construction technique in which coarse-laid brickwork is used to face a core of ''opus caementicium''. ''

Opus reticulatum ''Opus reticulatum'' (also known as reticulate work) is a facing used for concrete walls in Roman architecture from about the first century BCE to the early first century CE. Facings are a type of polygonal masonry used to apply a smooth finish to ...

'' was the dominant form of wall construction in the Imperial era. In the time of the architectural writer

Vitruvius Vitruvius (; c. 80–70 BC – after c. 15 BC) was a Roman architect and engineer during the 1st century BC, known for his multi-volume work entitled '' De architectura''. He originated the idea that all buildings should have three attribut ...

, ''opus latericium'' seems to have designated structures built using unfired mud bricks.Vitruvius ''De Architectura'' 2.8 http://latin.packhum.org/loc/1056/1/0#26

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