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minus-squarePyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoWhat would the Romans even use, seeing as inches (what the .50 would be measured by) were the units of those backwater druids?
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncia_(unit) The Roman inch was equal to 1⁄12 of a Roman foot (pes), which was standardized under Agrippa to about 0.97 inches or 24.6 millimeters. Good enough for government work?
What would the Romans even use, seeing as inches (what the .50 would be measured by) were the units of those backwater druids?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncia_(unit)
Good enough for government work?