From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   In article ,   
   >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.   
      
      
   Five hundred miles we marched from Rome   
   Left, right.   
   Left, right.   
      
   How did we get so far from home?   
   Left, right.   
   Left, right.   
      
   We marched to Thracia and to Gaul   
   Left, right.   
   Left, right.   
      
   And I ain't seen my girl at all.   
   Left, right.   
   Left, right.   
      
   -scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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