ROMAN MEASURES OF LENGTH.

Column headings:

M: Miles

F: Feet.

I: Inches.

Row labels:

MP: MILLE PASSUUM

GL: Gallic Leuga

D: DEGREE[6]

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| II. LARGER MEASURES.--LAND AND ITINERARY. | M | F | I |

+---------------------------------------------------------+---+-----+-------+

| PES | ” | ” |11·6496|

+-------+ | | | |

| 1½ | Cubitus | ” | 1 | 5·4744|

+-------+-------+ | | | |

| 2½ | 1⅔ | Gradus, or Pes Sestertius | ” | 2 | 5·124 |

+-------+-------+-------+ | | | |

| 5 | 3⅓ | 2 | PASSUS | ” | 4 |10·248 |

+-------+-------+-------+------+ | | | |

| 10 | 6⅔ | 4 | 2 | Decempeda, or Pertica | ” | 9 | 8·496 |

+-------+-------+-------+------+------+ | | | |

| 120 | 80 | 48 | 24 | 12 | Actus (in length) | ” | 116 | 5·952 |

+-------+-------+-------+------+------+----+ | | | |

| 5000 | 3333⅓| 2000 | 1000 | 500 | 41⅔| MP | ” | 4854| ” |

+-------+-------+-------+------+------+----+--+ | | | |

| 7500 | 5000 | 3000 | 1500 | 750 | 62½|1½| GL | 1 | 2003| ” |

+-------+-------+-------+------+------+----+--+--+ | | | |

|375,000|250,000|150,000|75,000|37,500|3125|75|50| D |68 | 5110| ” |

+-------+-------+-------+------+------+----+--+--+--------+---+-----+-------+

N.B.--The Roman mile only differs from the English by less than

1-10th.

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