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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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roman Pace
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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