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The Roman Baths - A Reconstruction of the Dome

This is a reconstruction, but i he does just have the undecorated cofferi. The floor is flat, rather than sloping down towards the centre. He's made a set of suppositions about the construction of the wall which are not totally dumb. But they're missing an understanding of how you've got all these different areate voids in te making the top of the shell of the dome lighter.

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