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Miliarium
Ancient Roman pillar listing the distance to a nearby settlement / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A miliarium (Classical Latin: [miːllɪˈaːrɪ.ũː ˈau̯rɛ.ũː]) was a cylindrical, oval or parallelepiped column placed on the edge of Roman roads to mark the distances every thousand passus (double Roman steps), that is, every mile.[1] Today, this is equivalent to a distance of approximately 1480 meters.[1] The stone known as the Milliarium Aureum the point used to indicate the distance to Rome from any point in the Roman Empire.[2]
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