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    Question #53883. Baloo55th asks:

    Is there any definitive length for the Roman mile?


    Buck540

    		1,760 yards.

    http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=mi

    Jan 10 05, 6:08 PM
    solarbears

    		http://www.geog.port.ac.uk/webmap/hantsmap/hantsmap/topics/oldmile.htm
    This site gives the following definition: The name 'mile' is from Latin milliarus/miliare - a thousand, or Latin milliarum/miliarium - a milestone, implying mille passuum, 1000 paces each of 5 Roman feet (about 11.65 modern inches). The Roman mile was divided into 8 stadia of 125 paces, 625 feet.

    Jan 10 05, 6:11 PM
    peasypod

    		A little less than Buck's mile but I have 1,479m -- The passus of each Roman soldier being 2.4 feet, and after 1000 of them a stone was placed to indicate the mile mark.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile


    So, you could always just round it off and say an even 1,480m!

    Jan 10 05, 10:17 PM
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