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One marker of the majesty of ancient Rome is its surviving architectural legacy, the stunning remains of which are scattered throughout the circum-Mediterranean landscape. Surprisingly, one truly remarkable aspect of this heritage remains relatively unknown. There exists beneath the waters of the Mediterranean the physical remnants of a vast maritime infrastructure that sustained and connected the western world's first global empire and economy. The key to this incredible accomplishment and to the survival of structures in the hostile environment of the sea for two thousand years was maritime

Concrete construction --- Marine engineering --- Technology --- Architecture, Roman. --- Geology --- Construction en béton --- Mécanique navale --- Technologie --- Architecture romaine --- Géologie --- History. --- Research --- Histoire --- Recherche --- Rome --- Mediterranean Region --- Méditerranée, Région de la --- Antiquities. --- Antiquités --- Volcanic ash, tuff, etc. --- Analysis. --- ROMACONS Project. --- Construction en béton --- Mécanique navale --- Géologie --- Méditerranée, Région de la --- Antiquités --- Volcanic ash, tuff, etc --- History --- Analysis --- Ocean engineering --- Underwater archaeology --- Buildings --- Civil engineering --- Concrete --- Engineering --- Public works --- Edifices --- Halls --- Structures --- Architecture --- Archaeology, Submarine --- Marine archaeology --- Maritime archaeology --- Nautical archaeology --- Submarine archaeology --- Archaeology --- Underwater exploration --- Marine archaeologists --- Deep-sea engineering --- Oceaneering --- Submarine engineering --- Underwater engineering --- Marine resources --- Oceanography --- Equipment and supplies --- Rim --- Roman Empire --- Roman Republic (510-30 B.C.) --- Romi (Empire) --- Byzantine Empire --- Rome (Italy) --- Buildings, structures, etc. --- Beton --- Building materials --- Built environment --- Pyroclastics --- Rocks, Volcanic --- Tephra --- Tuff --- Volcanic ejecta --- Volcanic rocks --- Igneous rocks --- Andosols --- Roman architecture --- Applied science --- Arts, Useful --- Science, Applied --- Useful arts --- Science --- Industrial arts --- Material culture --- Engineering, Marine --- Marine technology --- Naval engineering --- Naval architecture --- Building, Concrete --- Concrete building --- Construction, Concrete --- Building --- Roman Maritime Concrete Survey --- Roman Maritime Concrete Study