"Roman mile" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Omar, the second Khalif, who died A. D. 644. This great mosque covers the whole consecrated ground of the Jewish temple, and constitutes almost a square of 760 toises, or one Roman mile in circumference. ...
— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 2 • Edward Gibbon
... * * * [Transcriber's note: the preceding four *s are actually four instances of the "infinity" symbol (like a digit 8 rotated horizontally)]passum. The Roman mile, mille passuum, was 142 yards less than the ...
— Roman Farm Management - The Treatises Of Cato And Varro • Marcus Porcius Cato |
