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Pier of bricks to support a floor over a hypocaust From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Suspensura
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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

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