https://www.openculture.com/2023/01/the-mystery-finally-solved-why-has-roman-concrete-been-so-durable.html
We may have figured out roman concrete!!
I don't know if that's as exciting for you as for me, but Roman concrete is significantly more durable than modern varieties. It is actually SELF healing! I really hope you do a citation needed on it.
Please? It would make me very happy and, since it's history probably involves the Etruscans, be fun to listen to.
We may have figured out roman concrete!!
I don't know if that's as exciting for you as for me, but Roman concrete is significantly more durable than modern varieties. It is actually SELF healing! I really hope you do a citation needed on it.
Please? It would make me very happy and, since it's history probably involves the Etruscans, be fun to listen to.
The Mystery Finally Solved: Why Has Roman Concrete Been So Durable?
Image by Benjaminec, via Wikimedia Commons Rome may not have been built in a day, but it was built to last — or at least its concrete was, given that the pieces of the Roman Empire that have stood to our time, in one form or another, tend to have been built with it.