Diribitorium

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The diribitorium was a public

Marcus Agrippa but finished by Augustus in 7 BC.[1]

"Its roof had the widest span of any building erected in Rome before 230 A.D., and was supported by beams of larch one hundred feet long and one and a half feet thick."[2] According to Cassius Dio, the diribitorium was among a number of public buildings that were destroyed by fire in 80 AD, and subsequently rebuilt by Emperor Titus.[3]

Saepta.[2]

See also

  • List of Greco-Roman roofs

References

  1. ^ Cassius Dio, Roman History, LV.5
  2. ^ a b Platner, Samuel Ball (1929). A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. London: Oxford University Press. p. 151. Retrieved Feb 26, 2019.
  3. ^ Cassius Dio, Roman History LXVI.24

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