Was Roman Concrete Better? Posted: June 23, 2025 | Last updated: June 23, 2025. In this video, I discuss a few modern techniques that help improve design life of concrete, including roller ...

The Roman use of Volcanic ash and the Rock Tuffa which is soft to carve and then hardens. Self healing concrete with graphene re-enforcement will allow for advanced light weight designs.

Concrete is an incredibly useful and versatile building material on which not only today’s societies, but also the ancient Roman Empire was built. To this day Roman concrete structures can be ...

Roman concrete's durability comes from a combination of its ingredients and production methods. advertisement. Live Science. How is Roman concrete still standing after 2,000 years?

Roman concrete, in many cases, has proven to be longer-lasting than its modern equivalent, which can deteriorate within decades. Now, scientists behind a new study say they have uncovered the ...

Roman concrete combined volcanic ash, lime, volcanic rock and seawater. That final ingredient, it turns out, is key. The unusual combination of ingredients actually gets stronger as new minerals ...

For decades, scientists have been trying to figure out the secret to Roman concrete, and now, they may have made a major breakthrough. This concrete, ...

Ancient Roman concrete could self-heal thanks to “hot mixing” with quicklime Mysterious lime clasts, dismissed as defects, turn out to serve a useful purpose.

An unexpected ancient manufacturing strategy may hold the key to designing concrete that lasts for millennia. The ancient Romans were masters of engineering, constructing vast networks of roads ...

But Roman concrete was a unique mixture, and it did wonders. "Concrete built the empire," Kevin Dicus, an associate professor of classics at the University of Oregon, told Live Science.