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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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... 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


Words linked to "Roman mile" :   linear measure, mile, linear unit


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