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单词 Roman mile
例句 Roman mile
Hadrian's Wall illuminations created a light where each of the forts and turrets used to be located, just one Roman mile apart. Country diary: Northumberland 2010-04-01T23:05:00Z
The feet of the hill are washed by two rivers, and there is a plain in front extending for three Roman miles. France's ancient Alesia dispute 2012-08-27T00:15:47Z
“Furlong” was as early as the 9th century used to translate the Latin stadium, 1⁄8th of the Roman mile. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z
He sent Fara with his brave Herulians and three hundred picked men of the bodyguard two and a half Roman miles in advance. The Scarlet Banner
The Roman mile probably rested on a measure of a degree of the meridian. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse
There was one great chain of communication of 4,080 Roman miles in length from the Wall of Antoninus in the northwest to Rome, and thence to Jerusalem, a southeastern point of the empire. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses
From the eastern promontory to the Golden Horn, the extreme length of Constantinople was three Roman miles, and the circumference measured ten, inclosing an area of two thousand acres, besides the suburbs. Ancient States and Empires
The one controlled by Eudemius lay five Roman miles west of the river, and was reckoned one of the largest and richest in the section. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain
This some understand of Roman miles, others of Egyptian schæni of thirty furlongs each; thirty schæni are nine hundred stadia, or one hundred and thirteen miles. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March
The fifth climate was a strip 255 Roman miles in width lying between 41° and 45° north latitude. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503
Plutarch's 400 stadia are equal to 50 Roman miles. Plutarch's Lives Volume III.
The length of the canal of Marius might be about twelve Roman miles. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II
But at Bibracte, where they would leave the main road and turn due south toward the villa, ten Roman miles away, he bade his men wait for him at the station until his return. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain
There was a good road all the way, with a milestone at every Roman mile, or about 1600 yards. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul
It is known from later histories, that shortly before the birth of our Saviour, the city was from fifty to one hundred and twenty Roman miles inland. Creation and Its Records
We shall reach it in about half a Roman mile.' Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra
They were manifestly in no hurry, for they took fourteen days, according to Gibbon's careful estimate, to travel 378 Roman miles. Horace
In summer one hundred and sixty-two Roman miles were sailed over in twenty-four hours; this was the average speed, or about seven knots. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements
In summer one hundred and sixty-two Roman miles were sailed over in twenty-four hours. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.
But the later writers, such as Pliny, and Strabo, the geographer, talked of them as actual places, and tried to estimate how many Roman miles they must be distant from the coast of Spain. The Dawn of Canadian History : A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada
Zenobia now led the way to the banqueting hall, where tables loaded with meats, fruits, and wines, offered themselves most temptingly and seasonably, to those who had ridden, as I have said, twenty Roman miles. Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra
The estate to which we retreated was about four Roman miles from the walls, situated upon an eminence, and overlooking the city and the surrounding plains. Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra
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