page_title: Opus mixtum
hierarchical_section_title: Opus mixtum
caption_attribution_description: Opus mixte - Détail du château de Brest
context_page_description: Opus mixtum, or opus vagecum and opus compositum, was an ancient Roman construction technique. It can consist in a mix of opus reticulatum and at the angles and the sides of opus latericium.
  It can also consist of opus vittatum and opus testaceum.
  Opus mixtum was used in particular during the age of Emperor Hadrian.
context_section_description: Opus mixtum (Latin: "mixed work"), or opus vagecum and opus compositum, was an ancient Roman construction technique. It can consist in a mix of opus reticulatum and at the angles and the sides of opus latericium. 
  It can also consist of opus vittatum and opus testaceum. 
  Opus mixtum was used in particular during the age of Emperor Hadrian (2nd century AD).
caption: Example of Opus mixtum in the substruction of Brest Castle, France.
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