Concrete is ... concrete dome in existence at 43.3 meters diameter, and is in excellent condition despite being being nearly 1,900 years old. Even as the Roman Empire fell and receded into what ...

Perhaps the most important reason the Pantheon still stands is the unique concrete ... the Pantheon’s Dome Stand the Test of Time? Rome’s Engineering Marvel appeared first on Years Of Traveling.

Patrician families made up the ruling class, meaning they were in jobs that had a lot of influence in how Rome and the empire were ruled ... of the earliest users of concrete, which allowed ...