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In Roman times the length of a foot was called a pes. The pes consisted of 12 unicae. (like our 12 inches to a foot) So the Roman foot was based on the unica, just as our foot is based on the inch. However the length measurements of the Romans were slightly shorter than ours. That is, a unica = .97 of our inch and a pes = 11.6 inches instead of our 12 inches.
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Roman foot based on?
your forearm
What was the Roman foot based on?
The length of an average male foot.
What was the length of a foot based on around the time of the roman empire?
as he name says, it was based on a human foot
What was the Roman Empire inch based on?
The foot BEE-OTCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What did the roman empire use to measure a foot?
based on paces
What was the length of the foot during the roman empire time?
The length of a Roman foot, which was called a "pes", was based on the "unciae" which was the Roman inch. Twelve unciae equalled one Roman foot, just as in our measurements twelve inches equals one foot.
What was the length of a foot based on in the roman empire?
The length of three hands.
In the time of the roman empire what was the length of a foot based on?
This may sound very strange, but the answer is anyone's foot!
Around the time of the roman empire the term inchfootand yard were refined?
A foot was based on the size of Hercules's foot
What was the foot based off of in the time of the roman empire?
The Roman foot was based off of the Roman inch, just as our feet and inches are related. However the Romans had nothing as simple as our inch, foot, yard, mile measurement. They had several length measurements before they finally reached the term for the Roman mile. The Roman foot was 12 unicae, (inches) and was called a pes. Five pedes (plural of pes) was 1 passus. 1000 passus was a mile.
What was the roman measurement of a foot based upon?
Early measurement units, such as the foot, were based on the size or length of a body part. For example, a foot was the approximate length of a man's foot. Over time, different people changed the exact measurement, such as kings making their feet the standard foot size. The Imperial measurement system (and now the US Customary system) defines a foot as 12 inches.
What is 1 foot in the Roman empire?
A roman foot is 296.2 mm
