This was reduplicated in a leap-year, both the 24th and 25th days of February being denominated sexto Kalendas Martias, whence the name 'Bissextile.' iii. Pridie Kal. 33,600 4,800 | 2,400 | 1,200 600 100 Mina.... 2,016,000 288,000 144,000 72,000 36,000 6,000 60 Talen- 193 15 0 um The values of the diobolus, tetrobolus, didrachmon (which, as well as the drachma, was generally of silver) tetradrachmon, &c. are easily ascertained from their etymology. See Harwood's Grecian Antiquities, pp. 459-461; and fer the Roman modes of computation of money, and of interest (as also of weights, and measures) see Adam's Roman Antiquities, pp. 495-500, where are given many curious particulars of individual opulence; and the accurate Tables annexed to Ainsworth's Latin dictionary. + The smallest of the brass coins after the reduction of the as, as the sestertius was of the silver ones. The as, at first libralis (or a-pound weight) after it's successive reductions to 2 oz., 1 oz., and oz., was still called libella. It was applied to any thing divided into twelve parts; an inheritance, an acre, liquid measure, interest of money, &c. Hence probably our word ace' or unit. The quinarius was called victoriutus, from the image of Victory sometimes impressed upon it. Meaning libella, libella, et semis, and often marked HS. The comparative values of gold and silver have in all states occasionally varied. As the stater (of gold) weighed generally double the denarius, they are here stated, below the present proportion, gold: silver :: 25: 2. The stater aureus of the Greeks is estimated at the same value. The stater Daricus and the stater Crasi were double. Grecian and Roman Weights reduced to English Troy Weight. = Originally an as. The mina Attica communis exceeds this, 0 11 7 16 60 Minæ, 56 11 0 17 heavier than the corresponding N. B. Between the obolus and the drachma was interposed the scriptulum double the former; between the drachma and the sicilicus the sextula 4 scriptula; and between the sicilicus and the uncia the duella, one third of the latter. There were also other subdivisions of weights, the semuncia, hemisescla, i. e. semisextula, &c. But they are omitted in the Table, for the sake of brevity. The weights of the Grecian coins are computed, The Drachma at 0 0 26 76,800 19,200 6,400 4,800 3,200 800 8 Milion 1611 2 0 * Between the doron and the spithame was interposed the lichasten, and the orthodoron eleven dactyli. Between the pes likewise and the уs, or larger cubit, occurred the suyun three-fourths, and the mywy five-sixths of the πήχεις. The Greeks and Persians called thirty stadia a parasanga, and two parasange a schenos. |80,000 60,000 20,000 5,000 3,3331,000 8 Milliare 1611 2 4163 125 Stadium.. Grecian Measures of Capacity for things Liquid, reduced to English Wine-Measure. * Between the cochlearion and the mystron was interposed the cheme, equal to two cochlearia; and between the yathus and cotyle (the former of which Dr. Langhorne, by mistake, represents as nearly triple, instead of one-sixth of the latter) the oxybaphon, which was equal to four cotyle. Dr. L. likewise, in his mingled Table of Greek and Roman measures of length, has stated the English pace there used at five feet; whereas, in what relates to the Grecian part, it must be estimated at six. Roman Measures of Capacity for things Liquid, reduced to English Wine-Measure. = one * Between the cyathus and the hemina were interposed the acetabulum fourth, and the quartarius = one half the latter: so called, because 4 sextarius; as sextarius, because congius. Cadus, congiarius, and dolium denote no certain measure. The Romans divided the sextarius, as well as the libra, into twelve equal parts, called cyathi. Hence their calices were denominated sextantes, quadrantes, or trientes, according to the number of cyathi which they contained. Grecian Measures of Capacity for things Dry, reduced to English Corn Measure. |