Talk:Ancient Roman units of measurement
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Newer discussions:
Archive 1 -- Paul Martin 18:39, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
Archive 2 -- Paul Martin 12:02, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
Archive 3 -- Paul Martin 13:14, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] League = 1.5 miles or 3 miles?
Just a question out of curiosity. The article states that 1 mile is equivalent in Ancient Rome to 5000 ft, while 1 league is 7500 ft. Hence: 1 league is 1.5 mile. However the article League states that 1 league is 3 miles in Ancient Rome (quote: "The league was used by Ancient Rome, which defined it as being 3 miles."). Which is true? Brynnar 14:42, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
The league was originally used by the Gauls, and later picked up by the Romans during their conquests. Their interpretation of it was that a league was about 1,500 paces, or 7,500 feet. I'm not entirely sure how it came to mean three miles, but I'm fairly certain it wasn't used that way in Rome. --Xanzzibar 23:23, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
Problem fixed at both pages. League and League (unit). Paul Martin 13:18, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Mass units
Talent (weight) notes that the Roman talent was a cubic (Roman) foot of water, or about 25.99 kg. It goes on to state that there were 100 libra in a talent, making the Roman pound about 260 grams, much smaller than the figure in this article. Somethng needs fixing. Rhialto 01:53, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
