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Roman mile
Noun
An
ancient
Roman
unit
of
itinerant
distance
of
1000
paces
(mille
passus,
hence
also
"mile"
from
Latin
mille,
"1000").
Indirectly
standardized
to
5000
Roman
feet
by
Agrippa
in
29
BC.
In
modern
times,
Agrippa's
Imperial
Roman
mile
is
empirically
estimated
to
have
been
around
1481
meters
(1620
yards,
4860
English
feet,
0.92
English
miles);
compared
with
a
modern
mile,
which
is
5280
feet.
Japanese Meaning
古代ローマにおける、1000歩(mille passus)に基づく旅程距離単位。 / 紀元前29年にアグリッパによって、5000ローマ尺として標準化された(間接的な標準化)。 / 現代の換算では約1481メートルに相当する。
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An
ancient
Roman
unit
of
itinerant
distance
of
1000
paces
(mille
passus,
hence
also
"mile"
from
Latin
mille,
"1000").
Indirectly
standardized
to
5000
Roman
feet
by
Agrippa
in
29
BC.
In
modern
times,
Agrippa's
Imperial
Roman
mile
is
empirically
estimated
to
have
been
around
1481
meters
(1620
yards,
4860
English
feet,
0.92
English
miles);
compared
with
a
modern
mile,
which
is
5280
feet.
( plural )
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An ancient Roman unit of itinerant distance of 1000 paces (mille passus, hence also mile
from Latin mille, 1000
). Indirectly standardized to 5000 Roman feet by Agrippa in 29 BC. In modern times, Agrippa's Imperial Roman mile is empirically estimated to have been around 1481 meters (1620 yards, 4860 English feet, 0.92 English miles); compared with a modern mile, which is 5280 feet.
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Roman mile
The archaeological team measured the distance between the ruins and found it to be roughly three Roman miles.
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The archaeological team measured the distance between the ruins and found it to be roughly three Roman miles.
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