Meanings of roman mile in English

In summer one hundred and sixty-two Roman miles were sailed over in twenty-four hours.

We shall reach it in about half a Roman mile.'

Forts every Roman mile, and numerous turrets between them.

Pliny states that in ancient times it was navigable for six Roman miles from its mouth.

It was a long journey from Alexandria, some hundred Roman miles down the Canopic branch of the Nile.

There was a good road all the way, with a milestone at every Roman mile, or about 1600 yards.

They were manifestly in no hurry, for they took fourteen days, according to Gibbon's careful estimate, to travel 378 Roman miles.

In summer one hundred and sixty-two Roman miles were sailed over in twenty-four hours; this was the average speed, or about seven knots.

The one controlled by Eudemius lay five Roman miles west of the river, and was reckoned one of the largest and richest in the section.

Eighty Roman miles from the mines, but that was good: no point arriving straight off the procurator's boat, virtually with a standard-bearer proclaiming "procurator's spy".