Definition of Roman pace

1. Noun. An ancient Roman unit of length (4.85 English feet) measured as the distance from the heel of one foot to the heel of the same foot when next it touches the ground.

Generic synonyms: Linear Measure, Linear Unit

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roman Pace

Roman cursive
Roman deity
Roman fever
Roman holiday
Roman hyacinth
Roman law
Roman mile
Roman miles
Roman mythology
Roman nettle
Roman nose
Roman noses
Roman numeral
Roman numerals
Roman pace
Roman ring
Roman rings
Roman square capitals
Roman wormwood
Romana's sign
Romanal
Romance
Romance language
Romance languages
Romanche
Romandy
Romanesque architecture
Romani

Literary usage of Roman pace

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The roman pace was a double step of about five feet. The English eli, a unit still referred to but seldom used, having a value of 45 inches, varying, ..."

2. Cyclopedia of Architecture: Historical, Descriptive, Typographical by Robert Stuart (1854)
"... the source of the stream to the purifying reservoirs the mean fall was 0*132 English inches for each roman pace, equal to about 58'219 English inches. ..."

3. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"... he being a man of moderate stature ; and having once arrived at a conclusion respecting the roman pace, he takes it for granted he has the proper foot ..."

4. Arithmetical Books from the Invention of Printing to the Present Time: Being by Augustus De Morgan (1847)
"The roman pace, by which distances were actually measured, was that of a soldier on the march: and, as might be expected, the weight of his anus and other ..."

5. Plutarch's Lives by Plutarch, John Langhorne (1859)
"The Roman cubit . ..015) The roman pace . . . .... ...04 10 The Roman fui long .... 120 4 4 The Roman mile 967 О О The Grecian cubit ,. ..."

6. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1800)
"43. It is not probable that any natural pace ever extended to the length of 6 feet, or perhaps to more than five. The roman pace was five of their feet, ..."

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