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the mile came from a person
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It originated from the Roman mille passus, or "thousand paces," which measured 5,000 Roman feet.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe mile is from Roman times. The "Roman Mile" was a thousand paces, which of course is a pretty rough standard of measurement. Interestingly, the Milliarium Aureum, the "Golden Milestone", (or Zero Milestone today) was constructed during Augustus Caesar's reign and so "mile stones" or mile markers were used to indicate how far one was away from Rome. I believe this is where the old (and now odd) expression "All Roads Lead to Rome" comes from...
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∙ 14y agoThe mile is usually used to measure distance originally from the UK and the U.S.A.
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∙ 15y agoThe Roman for 1 000 is M. 1 000 paces became a Mile. I'm not sure it's quite a simple as that, but that's the general idea.
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An ancient Roman mile was 1,000 double paces, about 4,860 feet. They called this "mille" which means 1,000.
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What is the number in a mile?
8 blocks is in one mile and .1 mile is one mile
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Because if it were not, it would not be a mile!
