Concrete as a building material is still used today as well as far back as Ancient Rome, according to Sporre. In today's use of concrete we use it around steel frames which seem to ensure the strength of the building.(94). One feature that is amazing about the Pantheon is the dome roof that it has because that was something Romans had difficulty with when building it. Concrete is heavy so the higher the dome was the less amount of concrete was used. There is also a circle opening at the top of the dome that was sued for a source of light to enter the Pantheon. A lot of thought and consideration was put into creating this building, and it was well thought out to still exist today.
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