as he name says, it was based on a human foot
The length of three hands.
This may sound very strange, but the answer is anyone's foot!
The Romans! The Roman Empire was based in Rome, Italy, around the same time that Jesus was alive.
The Roman foot, or "pes" was 11.6 inches.
A foot was based on the size of Hercules's foot
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There have been tons of European empires, either based out of or in Europe. They include the Roman Empire, Macedonian Empire, British Empire, Holy Roman Empire, and Russian Empire.
The Roman Empire fell in around 476 CE (or AD)
Simply, the Roman Empire divided into the Western Roman Empire (based in Rome) and the Easter Roman Empire (based in Constantinople). Once the western empire fell, the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches diverged and evolved in isolation. The full history is significantly more complex, but that is the answer in a nut-shell.
Constantinople was the capital of the Roman Empire under Emperor Constantine the Great around 330 AD.
The Holy Roman Empire had nothing to do with the Romans. It was a medieval institution centred around Germany. The Roman republic became an empire by expansion both before and after the Punic wars.
The foot BEE-OTCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!