In the Roman Empire, one of these equaled 1,000 paces &, on roads, was marked with a special stone
The Roman mile consisted of 1000 paces, where the 'pace' or double-step 
was... [DOC] [TLE] Measure forMeasure: Putting Numbers to the World Around Us [PAR] Jul 31, 1998 ... A basic Greek unit of length was the finger; 16 fingers equaled one foot.