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Roman mile   /rˈoʊmən maɪl/   Listen
Roman mile

noun
1.
An ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards.  Synonym: mile.





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... * * * [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


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