In the Roman Empire, one of these equaled 1,000 paces &, on roads, was marked with a special stone
[DOC] [TLE] A chronological history of the modern metric system - Metrication ... [PAR] These people knew that a universal measure would help trade, ... will use the 
international foot or the statute foot; some use one, some use the other, and ... the 
life and times at various stages in the history of the metric system and of the SI.