Stadia (length)

Stadia (length)

The stadia, stadium, stade or stadion is an ancient unit of length. According to Herodotus, one stade is equal to 600 feet. However, there were several different lengths of “feet”, depending on the country of origin.

Which measure of the stadia is used can affect the interpretation of ancient texts. For example, the error in the calculation of the size of the Earth by Eratosthenes is dependent on which stade is chosen to be appropriate. [cite web |url=http://mathdl.maa.org/mathDL/1/?pa=content&sa=viewDocument&nodeId=646&pf=1 |title=Eratosthenes and the Mystery of the Stades |accessdate=2008-07-29 |last=Walkup |first=Newlyn |coauthors= |date=2005 |work=The MAA Mathematical Sciences Digital Library |publisher=]

ee also

*Stadium
*Stadion
*Ancient Egyptian units of measurement#the ro or portion
*Ancient Greek units of measurement#Length

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Further reading

*cite journal |last=Engels |first=Donald |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1985 |month= |title=The Length of Eratosthenes' Stade |journal=American Journal of Philology |volume=106 |issue=3 |pages=298–311 |doi=10.2307/295030 |url= |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=Gulbekian |first=Edward |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1987 |month= |title=The Origin and Value of the Stadion Unit used by Eratosthenes in the Third Century BC |journal=Archive for History of Exact Sciences |volume=37 |issue= |pages=359–363 |id= |url= |accessdate= |quote=


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