Columella Res Rustica 5.2.8

ed. Harrison Boyd Ash, ed. E. S. Forster, ed. Edward H. Heffner

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[8] Si semicirculus fuerit ager, cuius basis habeat pedes CXL, curvaturae autem latitudo ¹pedes LXX: oportebit multiplicare latitudinem cum basi. Septuagies centeni quadrageni fiunt novem milia et octingenti. Haec undecies multiplicata fiunt centum septem milia et octingenti: Huius summae quarta decima est septem milia et septingenti. Hos pedes esse dicemus in semicirculo, qui efficiunt iugeri quadrantem scripula quinque. ²³⁴⁵

Res Rustica. Columella. ed. Harrison Boyd Ash, ed. E. S. Forster, ed. Edward H. Heffner. London. 1941-1955.

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Res Rustica. Books I-IX (Columella. On agriculture, Volume 1-2. Ash, Harrison Boyd; Foster, Edward Seymour; Heffner, Edward H., editors. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1941.)

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Res Rustica

2. diametros ac: dimidia metros SA.

3. multiplicato c: multiplico SAa.

4. fiunt oro. SAac.

5. latitudo ac: latitudinem SA; a I.e. a sexcuncia (36 scripula) and 2 ½ scripula = 38 ½ scripula = 3850 square feet. b A quadratis (72 scripula) and 5 scripula = 77 scripula = 7700 square feet.

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