golden-creamy

Updated: May 2, 2025

The materials employed for substantial building were various; in the older days red and black tufa a stone so soft as to require protection by a layer of stucco; later the dark-brown peperino, the golden-creamy travertine, marble white and coloured, and concrete.

T. G. (Thomas George) Tucker - Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul