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Definition of Modiis

Modii
Modius Mo"di*us, n.; pl. Modii. [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) A dry measure, containing about a peck.

Meaning of Modiis from wikipedia

- up modius or Modius in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Modius (plural modii) may refer to: an ancient Roman unit for dry measures, (8.73 L) roughly...
- Placidia back to Honorius and received provisions, six hundred thousand modii of wheat. From 416 to 418, Wallia's Goths campaigned in Hispania on Constantius's...
- jugera 201.9 ha  499 acres  modius 16 ha  40 acres  Medieval Latin, plural modii Except where noted, based on Smith (1851). Metric equivalents are approximate...
- . Mužić 2010, p. 10. Mužić 2010, p. 14-17. Mužić 2010, p. 11:Detractis modiis XII. milie salis predicti quolibet anno que remaneant in Jadra pro usu Jadre...
- purchase and requisition; in one letter, a request for money to buy 5,000 modii (measures) of braces (a cereal used in brewing) shows that the fort bought...
- buy 33 kilograms (73 lb) grain per month at a below-market price of five modii. The qualifying income threshold is not known, but according to Caesar's...
- say, of Constantia, have a medimnos of 5 modii, while those of Paphos and the Sicilians measure it as 4½ modii." In ancient Greece, measures of capacity...
- supply the city of Rome. Rickman estimated that Rome needed 40 million modii (200,000 tonnes) of grain per year to feed its po****tion. Erdkamp estimated...
- most Roman freighter-ships of the period was in the range of 10,000–20,000 modii (70–140 tonnes) although many of the grain freighters supplying Rome were...
- Appius was used by several plebeian gentes, including the Annii, Junii, Modii, Popidii, Saufeii, Silvii, and Villii. It must also have been used by the...