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Jugerum logo #10101) Unit of area
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Jugerum

Jugerum logo #21000 It was the double of the Actus Quadratus, and from this circumstance, according to some writers, it derived its name (Varro, L. L. v.35, Müller, R. R. i.10). [Actus.] It seems probable that, as the word was evidently originally the same as jugum, a yoke, and as actus, in its original use, meant a path wide enough to drive a single beast along, th...
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Jugerum

Jugerum logo #23534 Area measure (also called Iugerum) in ancient Rome, which was about a quarter of a hectare (exactly 25.2 ares). This is where the German name Joch was derived from, although it rather corresponds to an acre. See also under area measures and hollow measures.
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