Suspensura Explained

Suspensura is the architectural term given by Vitruvius[1] to piers of square bricks (about 20 cm × 20 cm) that supported a suspended floor of a Roman bath covering a hypocaust cavity through which the hot air would flow.[2]

Notes

  1. Vitruvii De architectura libri decem, V, 10 («De balnearum dispositionibus et partibus»).
  2. Book: Forbes, R. J.. Robert Jacobus Forbes. Studies in Ancient Technology. 1966. 2nd, revised. Leiden. E. J. Brill. 38. 6. 9004006265.

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