4 ms·
Careful of survivorship bias here. Of course we don't see any Roman buildings that crumbled 50 years after construction.
by T-hawk 10y ago
Careful of survivorship bias here. Of course we don't see any Roman buildings that crumbled 50 years after construction.
- clock_tower 10y agoThey really did use better construction, though. Unreinforced opus caementicum (with particular kinds of Italian volcanic ash) can't be built as tall as reinforced OPC, but lasts infinitely longer. Of course, OPC could last longer if it didn't use ferrous reinforcement...