Show from rome to boston boiton the grandeur that was rome rested in large measure upon foundations of bricks BB as the traveler may see when he be visita visit the baths of cl where the marble facing has long since disappeared but the brickwork stands strong and sturdy after the lapse of nearly twenty centuries cerit urles the romans practiced an ancient art when they made bricks yet it was one destined to be forgotten or nearly forgotten in europe during the dark oges ages which followed the fall of the roman empire but in the eleventh or twelfth century there was a revival again bricks were fashioned in a manner to make them of enduring character boston herald |