...of the Mausoleum of Augustus; and on the terraces of the country villa built by Herod the Great (d. 4 bc) at Jericho, Jordan. Reticulated work was replaced by a type of brick wall-facing called opus testaceum, which became the most common method in the imperial era.
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...but the pieces of stone were pyramid-shaped with square bases set diagonally in rows and wedged into the concrete walls. (4) Brick- and tile-faced concrete (so-called opus testaceum) was by far the most common material for walling during the empire. Triangular tiles were used with their points turned into the concrete and their long sides showing, thus...