Ancient Roman units of measurement

system of measurement used in Ancient Rome

unit of length

The jugerum or juger (, ', ', or '''') was a Roman unit of area, equivalent to a rectangle 240 Roman feet in length and 120 feet in width (about 71×35m), i.e. 28,800 square Roman feet () or about hectare (0.623 acre).

''', meaning a tiny stone (from ' sharp stone), indicates a weight of of a Roman ounce (i.e.) or, by extension, of other measures. Metaphorically, the stone is thought to be sharp and pricking, like a thorn.

The cotylae are also features on the proximal end of the radius and of the ulna in birds. thumb|Attic cotyla cup with an owl (5th century BC), National Museum, Warsaw|National Museum, in [[Warsaw]]

In Ancient Roman measurement, congius (pl. congii, from Greek konkhion, diminutive of konkhē, konkhos, "shellful") was a liquid measure that was about 3.48 litres (0.92 U.S. gallons). It was equal to the larger chous of the Ancient Greeks. The congius contained six sextarii.

hour system where a day is divided into 24 hours: 12 hours of light and 12 (different) hours of darkness

ancient Roman unit of length

volume unit in roman empire

ancient unit of length and area

Roman unit of length

A quinaria (plural: quinariae) is a Roman unit of area, roughly equal to square centimeter|. Its primary use was to measure the cross-sectional area of pipes in Roman water distribution systems. A "one quinaria" pipe is in diameter.