July 12, 2005

Obscure Architectural Term of the Day!

AGGER. Latin term for the built-up foundation of Roman roads; also sometimes applies to the banks of hill-forts or other earthworks.

From the Penguin Dictionary of Architecture, Third Edition.

As usual, the Internets brim with information, including this fun and informative site on the servers of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The Construction & Makeup of Ancient Roman Roads. (It's part of UNC's site on Roman technology.)

Also, agger is not to be confused with crazykomiks Anton and Agger.

Posted by Terry Oglesby at July 12, 2005 11:33 AM
Comments

"look 'ere, Bert, he won't 'aggle!"

"Won't 'aggle?"

Posted by: skinnydan at July 12, 2005 12:18 PM

Agger? Don't even KNOW 'er!

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at July 12, 2005 12:22 PM

How did you not title the post “Look an agger?”

Posted by: jim at July 12, 2005 12:57 PM

I blame Hurricane Dennis.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at July 12, 2005 01:09 PM

Yeah, that Hurricane Dennis was surely aggervating.

Posted by: Stan at July 12, 2005 02:02 PM

"Is this an agger I see before me?"

Posted by: skinnydan at July 12, 2005 03:39 PM

Oooooh--a very cultured reference! One might even say "aggercultured."

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at July 12, 2005 03:48 PM

Durn it, I've gone half my life thinking a Agger someone who went to a A&M university. You know out in Texas or Alabama, someplace that ain't got Dykes to to protect them like us in Northern New Orleans.

Posted by: Tony von Krag at July 12, 2005 10:00 PM