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On 5/5/2024 1:30 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <robertaw-0B9100.21580604052024@news.individual.net>,
> Robert Woodward  <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:
>> I believe that the Roman pace was defined as the distance between heel
>> strikes of the same foot. BTW, 3 feet from heel strike of 1 foot to the
>> heel strike of the other foot is a bit long - 30 inches is the US Army
>> marching standard.
>> ‹-----------------------------------------------------
> [Hal Heydt]
> ...and double that would be 5 feet, which is pretty close to the
> back formed 5.28 feet.  However, modern estimates are that the
> Roman mile was actually 4680 feet, so a slightly shorter stride
> than the modern US Army version. Since, so far as I know, mondern
> people are, on average, somewhat taller than in the past, this
> pretty much works out.

A step is the distance between successive feet hitting the ground.
A pace is the distance between the same foot hitting the ground twice.

Note that the English word 'mile' is derive from the Latin 'mille',
or "one thousand".

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