ROMAN MEASURES OF CAPACITY.

Column headings:

A: Approximate.[13]

G: Gallons.

P: Pints.

Row labels:

Q: Quartarius, _i.e._ 1-4th of the _Sextarius_

S: SEXTARIUS, _i.e._ 1-6th of the _Congius_

AQ: AMPHORA QUADRANTAL

C: Culeus

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

| | | | A |

| I. LIQUID MEASURES. | G | P +-----+-----+

| | | | G | P |

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

| Ligula | ” | ·02| ” | 1/48|

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

| 4 | CYATHUS[14] | ” | ·08| ” | 1/12|

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

| 6 | 1½ | Acetabulum | ” | ·12| ” | ⅛ |

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

| 12 | 3 | 2 | Q | ” | ·24| ” | ¼ |

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

| 24 | 6 | 4 | 2 | Hemina or Cotyla | ” | ·48| ” | ½ |

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

| 48 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | S | ” | ·96| ” | 1 |

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

| 288 | 72 | 48 | 24 | 12 | 6 | CONGIUS | ” | 5·76| ” | 6 |

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

| 1152 | 288 | 192| 96 | 48 | 24| 4 | Urna | 2 | 7·04| 3 | ” |

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

| 2304 | 576 | 384| 192| 96 | 48| 8 | 2| AQ | 5 | 6·08| 6 | ” |

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

|46,080|11,520|7680|3840|1920|960|160|40|20| C | 115| 1·6 | 120 | ” |

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

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