TIL the abbreviation for pound (lb) comes from an ancient Roman unit of measurement called "libra pondo" (a pound by weight). "Libra" meant balance or scales, and is also why the symbol for the British pound (£) is a stylized L with a line through it. theweek.com/articles/4613…
TIL that the letters lb is Latin for the ancient Roman unit of measurement, Libra pondo. This Latin phrase translates to “a pound by weight.” The s was added later by the English to represent more than one pound, hence lbs. rd.com/culture/why-pounds…
Check out the wikipedia page for Ancient Mesopotamia's Units of Measurement en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A…
TIL that pounds are abbreviated to "lbs" because it is derived from the ancient Roman unit of measure "libra pondo", meaning "a pound by weight". "Pounds" came from the "pondo" part while "lbs" is an abbreviation of the "libra" part. mentalfloss.com/article/5…
TIL that pounds are abbreviated to "lbs" because it is derived from the ancient Roman unit of measure "libra pondo", meaning "a pound by weight". "Pounds" came from the "pondo" part while "lbs" is an abbreviation of the "libra" part. mentalfloss.com/article/5…
TIL the abbreviation “lb” for pound comes from the ancient Roman unit of measure “libra pondo”, meaning “a pound by weight”, which is also why we ended up calling it a “pound”. britannica.com/science/po…
When in history did the ancient Romans standardise their units of length — and did they intentionally relate them to the circumference of the earth? reddit.com/r/AskHistorian…
What unit of measurement did the Romans use to denote years before 1 AUC in the Roman Calendar?
Gregorian, I get. But how about the Roman Calendar?
TIL that the Ancient Romans had four types of poison. Poisons I, II, and III instantly killed the victim upon contact.
Poison IV, though, just made the victim extremely itchy.
Learn about a unit of measurement found in the Edgar Cayce readings and how it relates to ancient civilizations in this new book discussion. facebook.com/edgarcayce/v…
Are there any significant examples of Secret Police units in "Ancient" times? I'm familiar with the Gestapo and the Stasi, but i haven't heard of anything from medieval or roman times.
I bring this up because I was watching Avatar: The last Air Bender last night and got to the part about the Dai Lee (Cultural Heritage Enforcers). While that is obviously a work of fiction it made me wonder about pre-industrial age societies for instance, and whether or not other empires/governments/nations had Secret/Political forces that did similar jobs as the ones that exist in recent memory have done.
What is the most emotional unit of measurement?
A (s)entimeter
How much land (in an approximate modern unit of measurement) was a Roman legionary given upon retirement?
In the post-Marian Roman army, of course. I know that Caracalla also increased soldiers' salaries and pensions, so I wonder if that increase was also in land grants.
TIL Vexillology, the study of flags, derives its name from the word Vexillum, a flag used as a standard by units in the Ancient Roman Army. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vex…
TIL the abbreviation LB for Pound as a unit of measure means Libra, dating back to Roman times. i.e. Libra Pondo, or Pound Weight goodhousekeeping.com/life…
TIL The Byzantine Empire had its own units of measurement which was a combination of the Greek and Roman units en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byz…
TIL That the symbol "lb" for pound ACTUALLY comes from a Germanic adaptation of the Latin phrase "libra pondo" (a pound by weight), referring to the Roman libra, a unit of weight measurement. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pou…
I didn't know software and oil had the same unit of measurement.
On a gun site, some Americans say they want the metric system in USA. They get words of support, but then they get these: "Europe sucks. Their measurement system sucks", "Metric tards don't want to use their own units because they are too cumbersome", "Imperial units are Human Friendly"...
Squirrel is the new unit of measurement v.redd.it/vmvcsp9uffb81
TIL Ancient Egyptians were notorious for their subversive political humor and the Romans banned Egyptian advocates from law because all of their joking disrupted the sanctity of the courts. vulture.com/2011/10/egypt…
What's your favorite made up unit of measurement?
Mine's "a nipplehair"
Fuckton is a close second
Back in ancient Egypt, the standardized units of measurements were based off the length of the current pharoah's body parts. The pointer finger would be one unit of measurement, the forearm another, and so on.
It could be noted, the pharoah was the ruler.
Corolla is the new international unit of measurement
To people experienced running DnD outside the US, do you alter the units of measurement for distance and how?
TIL that no military camp, of the Ancient Romans during Caesar's time, fell to the enemy. This was a formidable display of military manpower and remarkable engineering by a highly advanced society. And despite setting up camps every night, they were still able to outmaneuver the gaullic tribes. warfarehistorynetwork.com…
[Serious] Do you think that the United States will be revered thousands of years from now by historians and history enthusiasts in the same way that the ancient Egyptians, Mayans, Mesopotamians, Greeks, Romans, etc. are now? Why or why not?
Take a look at one of the many jewel encrusted skeletons of Roman martyrs located in the ancient Roman catacombs.
TIL Ancient romans resorted to cannibalism in order to treat certain ailments. Pliny the elder devotes a whole section of his book on body parts that can be used for healing purposes, including warm gladiator blood and baby bone marrow for treating epilepsy perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/…
eli5: Why is a Planck length the smallest possible unit of measurement?
TABS ► Ancient Romans VS Vikings (Unit Creator) youtube.com/watch?v=Q4aBR…
Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anc…
Stonehenge was set out using geometry and an ancient unit of measurement. sunhenge.uk/stonehenge-wa…
An old photo taken by Max van Oppenheim of an ancient Roman bridge that spans the Wadi al Murr near Mosul, Iraq, in the 1920s [1226x885]
[TOMT][TV Show] Group of UK volunteers become an ancient roman army unit
Probably more than 10 years old now.
It was sort of half reality show, half documentary about a group of UK guys who volunteer to live like a roman military unit for a while. The one part I remember is they have to set up a fortified camp and figure out how some spike defenses would have worked in a better way than the historians had thought. They also noted the olive oil made for a good way of cleaning up your hands after work.
They had experts/historians commenting on how they deal with stuff as it happens.
I only saw part of one episode and would love to see the rest.
What unit of measurement did the ancient greeks use to measure their crops?
Demeter.
