Secret of Roman Concrete

[Ming the Merciless]

Why Roman concrete structures can still be intact 2,000 years later. Ancient knowledge only just being rediscovered. Amazing.

https://www.sciencealert.com/we-fin...-concrete-was-able-to-last-thousands-of-years

 

[Drago]

And they used pumice for lightweight concrete. Very clever engineering.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

And they used pumice for lightweight concrete. Very clever engineering.

Yep and modern stuff needs repair work within a few decades.

 

[Drago]

If they'd stuck to engineering instead of persecuting my ancestors they could have gone on to great things.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

If they'd stuck to engineering instead of persecuting my ancestors they could have gone on to great things.

But Bigfoot needed dealing with

 

[cougie uk]

Yep and modern stuff needs repair work within a few decades.

Is that where we got the genius idea from for that bubbly concrete that worked out so well for us ?

 

[Sharky]

Also covered in the documentary
Rome's Invisible City

At about 25mins

Available on the BBC iplayer