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... measure of the length of the vas , or foot course , at the Olympic games , and from the respect in which these exercises were held , the measure became an itinerary computation . This distance the he- ro , who instituted it , measured ...
... measure of the length of the vas , or foot course , at the Olympic games , and from the respect in which these exercises were held , the measure became an itinerary computation . This distance the he- ro , who instituted it , measured ...
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... measure by this standard , when he fixed the length of the Thraci- an Bosphorus , which , he says , he measured himself , at 120 stades only ; whereas it is at least 13 ′ in a straight line , equal to 243 sta- des of the standard of ...
... measure by this standard , when he fixed the length of the Thraci- an Bosphorus , which , he says , he measured himself , at 120 stades only ; whereas it is at least 13 ′ in a straight line , equal to 243 sta- des of the standard of ...
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... measure , as if they had been Olympic stad . of 8 to a Roman mile , or of 600 to a degree . ' This appears a very improbable conjec- ture . Agrippa , whose numbers are recorded by Pliny , was minis- ter to Augustus at the time of the ...
... measure , as if they had been Olympic stad . of 8 to a Roman mile , or of 600 to a degree . ' This appears a very improbable conjec- ture . Agrippa , whose numbers are recorded by Pliny , was minis- ter to Augustus at the time of the ...
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