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Northern Europe, see perch. In the
Ancient Rome, pertica, also
called decempeda, was a unit of length,
usually equal to 10
Roman feet (pedes), or approximately...
- (5.03 m) long. The
perch (pertica) as a
lineal measure in Rome (also
decempeda) was 10
Roman feet (2.96 metres), and in
France varied from 10 feet (perche...
- step 2+1⁄2
pedes 0.74 m 2.427 ft p****us pace 5
pedes 1.48 m 4.854 ft
decempeda pertica perch 10
pedes 2.96 m 9.708 ft
actus (length) 120
pedes 35.5 m ...
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denoted 5,000 Roman feet.
Surveyors and
specialised equipment such as the
decempeda and
dioptra then
spread its use. In
modern times, Agrippa's
Imperial Roman...
- Rome. The
Roman measuring rod was 10
Roman feet long, and
hence called a
decempeda,
Latin for 'ten-footer'. It was
usually of
square section capped at both...
