Opus vittatum

Theatre of Augustus in Augusta Raurica. The steps are in opus vittatum.

Opus vittatum was an ancient Roman construction technique, sometimes square with tuff blocks intersected by one or more brick-bands at regular or irregular distances, and Opus caementicium.

This technique was mostly used to erect high walls, as in the Baths of Caracalla and the Aurelian Walls in Rome.

See also

• Opus reticulatum
• Opus quadratum
• Opus compositum
• Opus latericium
• Roman concrete
• Roman architecture