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Roman buildings - even governmental buildings - were made of fired clay brick until the time of Augustus Caesar,who lavished money on making the official buildings of Roman government out of marble. Historically, his last words were reputed to be: "I found a Rome of clay - I leave you a Rome of marble". Ordinary people's homes continued to be made of clay brick, of course.

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