Suspensura
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]
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Remains of the thermae in Glanum, on the southern outskirts of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France
Notes
- Vitruvii De architectura libri decem, V, 10 («De balnearum dispositionibus et partibus»).
- Forbes, R. J. (1966). Studies in Ancient Technology. vol. 6 (2nd, revised ed.). Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 38.
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