they used a dagger to put in mosaics
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Rich Romans decorated the floors of their main rooms with mosaics.
The ancient walls of Greek period constructed of granite, mud bricks and wood. The walls were built for utility not for beauty. The heights and thickness of ancient Greek walls varied and were often based on the size and population of the city-state. As ancient times progressed Greek walls were of little help against such enemies as Alexander the Great or ancient Rome.
The Hypocaust is what the Romans called their method of making the walls and floors hot so that you would of had to wear sandals. Only few people got to go into that place because the rich people wouldn't go in so the slaves did it by making sure that the furnace's fire wouldn't go out.
I think you mean to ask what were the typical battered walls of ancient Egyptian architecture? That sound right? I think you'll need to clarify first but if I'm right you're looking for the term 'pylon' (such as the sloping walls at the entrance to an ancient Egyptian temple)
The Romans, like everyone else in those days, built walls and fortifications around their towns.