If he means geometrical paces of five feet each, it was three hundred toises in length, about forty more than the great circus of Rome.

See D'Anville, Mesures Itineraires, p.

73.] [Footnote 48: The guardians of the most holy relics would rejoice if they were able to produce such a chain of evidence as may be alleged on this occasion.

See Banduri ad Antiquitat.Const.p.668.Gyllius de Byzant.l.ii.c.13.

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