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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2041468, member: 44316&quot;]Scientists give a reason why Roman concrete lasts so well:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141215185026.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141215185026.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141215185026.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Do you have any concrete monuments to show us?&nbsp; I think most aqueducts and temples were simply stone, but the rounded roof of the temple for Divus Romulus, son of Maxentius (d. AD 309), might be concrete: [ATTACH=full]372714[/ATTACH]</p><p>Romulus. 24 mm. 5.56 grams</p><p>RIC VI Rome 256</p><p>AETERNAE MEMORIAE</p><p>Eagle rising from the top of the temple, symbolizing the spirit of Romulus ascending.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to Tameanko&#039;s book on &quot;Monumental Coins&quot; there were two temples to Divus Romulus, one on the Appian Way not far outside Rome by the Circus of Maxentius and this one, in Rome in the Forum, which was converted to a church. The extant remains (with only two columns and a cupola) differ in details from this type. I did not find confirmation that the dome was Roman concrete, but it reminds me of the Pantheon which is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the second design: [ATTACH=full]372715[/ATTACH] </p><p>Romulus. 24 mm. 6.45 grams.</p><p>RIC VI Ostia 34</p><p><br /></p><p>The depiction of this temple is much different. It is without columns and with clear tiers of stones. Perhaps the rounded roof is an artistic way of showing a round temple (both were round), but again it seems like the famous construction of the Pantheon with concrete.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an aerial view of the Pantheon in Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]372716[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Temples are common and Roman coins. I wonder how many monuments made with concrete we can present on coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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