Roman Mile (mp)
The Roman mile, or mille passus, means one thousand paces and is the ancestor of the modern mile.
- Historical context
- Set at 1,000 passus (5,000 Roman feet), it was marked along Roman roads with milestones, several of which still stand.
- Where it was used
- The standard long-distance unit of the Roman road network across Europe, North Africa and the Near East.
- Approximate modern equivalent
- Approximately 1,478.7 m, roughly 1.48 km or 0.92 modern miles.