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Build Like a Roman

Build Like a Roman

De: Darren McLean
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Build Like a Roman is a podcast about how the Roman world was built.


Focusing on materials, craft, and construction, each episode explores the practical realities of Roman building — from stone, brick, and mortar to the organisation of labour and technical skill behind surviving structures.


Short, focused episodes introduce core building materials before diving deeper into how buildings were made, maintained, and understood in the Roman world.


For students of archaeology, history, and art history — and for anyone interested in how ancient buildings actually came into being.

North Africa and Western Asia are home to a multitude of Roman buildings. Some still used on a daily basis, others in ruins, but that's typically not the fault of the original builders. The fact that these still exist at all after 2,000 years or more is a testament to skill and creativity of the original builders.


There are some great Podcast which look at Roman politics, history, and architecture, however in this Podcast, we focus on Construction history, that being building materials, techniques and and the people who did the work!


From structures to frescos, we'll cover it all!


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  • Plumbing

    Plumbing
    Mar 12 2026

    EP: 008 - Roman Plumbing: More that Aqueduct


    This week, the Build Like a Roman Podcast is about Roman plumbing, from the infrastructure to the delivery of it and the materials used.


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    This Episodes Translations:


    Aquaeductus = water pipe or water tube


    Cloaca Maxima = Great Sewer


    Curator Aquarum = Water commissioner


    Libratores = Surveyor


    aqua sub pressione = Pressure engineering


    castellum aquae divisorium = water distribution terminal


    quinaria = A measurement of water


    Furtum aquae = Water theft


    Vitium = a fault, defect, or point of illegal tampering in the system


    Plumbum = Lead


    Aes = Bronze


    Tubuli fictiles = Terracotta pipes


    Redemptor = a type of combined contractor, and project manager

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  • Asbestos

    Asbestos
    Feb 24 2026

    EP: 007 - Roman Asbestos and Theatre Curtains


    Did you know that the Romans - and others, such as the Greeks - used asbestos as a woven fibre?


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  • Roman Metals: Iron, Bronze and Lead

    Roman Metals: Iron, Bronze and Lead
    Feb 18 2026

    Ep: 006 - Roman Metals: One Million Nails


    The Romans used a wide variety of metals, both ferrous and non-ferrous.


    Iron, lead, bronze, brass, tin and copper were all commonly used by the Romans.


    For structural connections, plumbing, door handles, decorative elements or any other practical use, in or for the home, the Romans had a solution!


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    Roman Metal Terms: Latin → English
    • Ferrum → Iron
    • Plumbum → Lead
    • Stannum → Tin
    • Aes → Copper alloy (bronze or brass)
    • Cuprum → Copper
    • Cadmia → Zinc ore (used to make brass)
    • Argentum → Silver
    • Aurum → Gold
    • Clavus → Nail
    • Fibula → Fastener / clasp (sometimes a clamp)
    • Fistula → Pipe (usually lead)
    • Aes coronarium → Thin decorative bronze sheet
    • Aerugo → Verdigris (green corrosion on copper alloys)


    Note:

    The Romans did not separate “bronze” and “brass” the way we do today. Both were usually called aes — meaning copper alloy.

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