Show A mile alile the measurement to which we usually refer by this name Is what c can an be more particularly called the statute mile it equals eight furlongs each of yards or feet in all there is another mile the geographical or nautical this mile Is one sixteenth of a degree of latitude or feet the word comes to us from the latin word milie meaning a thousand says london answers magazine the roman mile was 1000 paces they measured a pace as the distance between the points where the same heel came down in making a stride the tha roman pace which we should regard as two paces was reckoned at about five feet this made the I 1 roman mile fact noticeably shorter than the mile measurement we use today |