Suspensura

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Remains of the thermae in Glanum, on the southern outskirts of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France

Suspensura is the architectural term given by Vitruvius<ref>Vitruvii De architectura libri decem, V, 10 («De balnearum dispositionibus et partibus»).</ref> to piers of square bricks (about 20 cm × 20 cm) that supported a suspended floor of a Roman bath covering a hypocaust cavity through which the hot air would flow.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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