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138 meaure, the others being motly confined to local, or provincial diiricts.

The Olympic tadium conited of 600 Greek feet, as appearsfrom everal authorities.

Herodotus ays, "that the pyramids of Egypt were 100 , or fathoms, in height, and that 100 legal fathoms were equal to a tadium of ix plethra. The fathom meaures ix feet, or four cubits, and each foot meaures four palms, and each cubit ix palms." The word here ued implies, I think, that the meaures above pecified were of the tandard or etablihed kind.

Hero ays, the Radium contained 600 Philetaerian feet.

Suidas ays, the tadium contained 600 feet, and the plethron 100 feet.

Strabo ays, that mot people counted 8 tadia to be equal

A meaure apparently different given by Collumella

Several of the Roman Writers indeed aign an apparently different meaure to the tadium. Columella ays, that a tadium contains 125 paces, which, he ays, make, 625 feet; (each paus, or