A School Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities: Abridged from the Larger DictionaryHarper, 1846 - 373 pages |
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... measure of length , also called actus quadratus , was equal to half a jugerum , or 14,400 square Roman feet . The actus minimus , or simplex , was 120 feet long , and four broad , and therefore equal to 480 square Roman feet . Actus was ...
... measure of length , also called actus quadratus , was equal to half a jugerum , or 14,400 square Roman feet . The actus minimus , or simplex , was 120 feet long , and four broad , and therefore equal to 480 square Roman feet . Actus was ...
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... measures ; from this part of their duty is derived the name under which the aediles are mentioned by the Greek writers ( ayopavóμot ) . It was their business to see that no new deities or religious rites were introduced into the city ...
... measures ; from this part of their duty is derived the name under which the aediles are mentioned by the Greek writers ( ayopavóμot ) . It was their business to see that no new deities or religious rites were introduced into the city ...
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... measure unassigned lands for the state , and ordinary lands for the proprietors , and to fix and maintain boundaries . Their writings on the subject of their art were very numerous ; and we have still scientific treatises on the law of ...
... measure unassigned lands for the state , and ordinary lands for the proprietors , and to fix and maintain boundaries . Their writings on the subject of their art were very numerous ; and we have still scientific treatises on the law of ...
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... measure of length , equal to forty nxes ( cubits ) , or sixty πódes ( feet ) ; that is , twenty yards 8.1 inches Eng- lish . It was used in measuring land . ΑΜΡΗΙCTYONES ( ' Αμφικτύονες ) . In- stitutions called amphictyonic appear to ...
... measure of length , equal to forty nxes ( cubits ) , or sixty πódes ( feet ) ; that is , twenty yards 8.1 inches Eng- lish . It was used in measuring land . ΑΜΡΗΙCTYONES ( ' Αμφικτύονες ) . In- stitutions called amphictyonic appear to ...
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... measuring from the ground to the top of the parapet ; a height considered ne- cessary , in order to render the spectators perfectly secure from the attacks of wild beasts . There were four principal entrances leading into the arena ...
... measuring from the ground to the top of the parapet ; a height considered ne- cessary , in order to render the spectators perfectly secure from the attacks of wild beasts . There were four principal entrances leading into the arena ...
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Page 108 - Persia, stamped on one side with the figure of an archer crowned and kneeling upon one knee, and on the other with a sort of quadrata incusa or deep cleft.