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Pier of bricks to support a floor over a hypocaust

Remains of the thermae in Glanum, on the southern outskirts of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France

Suspensura is the architectural term given by Vitruvius 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.

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Vitruvii De architectura libri decem, V, 10 («De balnearum dispositionibus et partibus»).
Forbes, R. J. (1966). Studies in Ancient Technology. Vol. 6 (2nd, revised ed.). Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 38. ISBN 9004006265.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Suspensura". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 163.

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