• The stadion (plural stadia, Greek: στάδιον; latinized as stadium), also anglicized as stade, was an ancient Greek unit of length, consisting of 600 Ancient...
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    JSTOR 295030. Gulbekian, Edward (1987). "The origin and value of the stadion unit used by Eratosthenes in the third century B.C." Archive for History of...
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    Furlong (redirect from Furlong (unit))
    furlong as exact 201.168 meters in the United States as well. FFF system Stadion (unit) Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Furlong" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol...
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  • in which it took place Stadion (state), a county of the Holy Roman Empire Stadion (unit), Latinized as stadium, an ancient unit of length, formerly anglicized...
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    race also gave its name to the unit of length, the stadion. There were other types of running events, but the stadion was the most prestigious; the winner...
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    1016/0315-0860(84)90025-9. Gulbekian, E. (1987). "The origin and value of the stadion unit used by Eratosthenes in the third century B.C". Archive for History of...
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  • measuring distances with a telescopic instrument Stadion (unit) (plural: stadia), an ancient Greek unit of length Google Stadia, a defunct cloud gaming...
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    The Great Strahov Stadium (Czech: Velký strahovský stadion) is a stadium in the Strahov district of Prague, Czech Republic. It was built for displays...
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  • literary scholar, critic and novelist Stade or stadion, unit of length All pages with titles containing Stade Stadion (running race) or stade, an ancient footrace...
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    (11.8 in). The Greek foot (πούς, pous) had a length of 1/600 of a stadion, one stadion being about 181.2 m (594 ft); therefore a foot was, at the time,...
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    Earth's circumference (category Units of length)
    Eratosthenes introduced a new length unit based on the length of the meridian, as stated by Pliny, who writes about the stadion "according to Eratosthenes' ratio"...
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  • unit of length, believed to be equal to 1⁄25 of the cubit Rod Sana lamjel Spat – a unit of length equal to 1,000,000,000 km (620,000,000 mi) Stadion Step...
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  • English units were the units of measurement used in England up to 1826 (when they were replaced by Imperial units), which evolved as a combination of...
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  • Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement were used primarily by ancient Israelites and appear frequently within the Hebrew Bible as well as in later...
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  • ancient Greek art Sporus of Nicaea Spoudaiogeloion Spurious diphthong Stadion (unit) Stadion (running race) Stadium at Nemea Stadium at Olympia Stadium of Delphi...
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    Stadion u Kranjčevićevoj ulici (Kranjčević Street Stadium), also known as Stadion Concordije between 1921 and 1945, is a multi-purpose stadium located...
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  • obsolete unit of distance, the stadion, derived from the Greek measurement of a stadium. Several different stadia were defined, such as the Greek stadion and...
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  • Swift as an attempt at manipulating the voters. Swift donated to food bank units at every stop of the Eras Tour, as reported by the respective organizations...
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    people of Elis, his grave still being known in the time of Pausanias. Stadion race, unit, and stadium List of ancient Olympic victors Michael Symons, A History...
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    Georg-Melches-Stadion was a stadium in Essen, Germany. It was built in 1923, renovated to the former state in 1939, 1948 and 1954 and had a capacity of...
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    Deutsche Stadion (German stadium) (only foundations were built), which was to be the largest sports stadium in the world the former Stadion der Hitlerjugend...
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    today, bar none." —Joaquin Hidalgo, director of Nike's Brazilian marketing unit, 1998. Ronaldo has been sponsored by sportswear company Nike since the early...
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    Runners-up: 1996, 2012 The construction of the club's current stadium, Stadion Miejski w Mielcu, was concluded in 1953. The stadium underwent a major...
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  • bematists. Notes: 1) 1 mille passus = 1,480 meters (1,620 yd) 2) 1 Attic stadion = 606 feet 10 inches (184.96 m) 3) The route is not recorded to have been...
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  • Schoenus (redirect from Schoenus (unit))
    considered the schoinos equal to 40 stades, but neither the schoinos nor the stadion had an absolute value, and there were several regional variants of each...
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  • Schaffgotsche Wernhardt Weigl Franz Schlik Eduard Clam-Gallas Philipp von Stadion und Thannhausen Friedrich Zobel Ludwig von Benedek List of orders of battle...
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  • Ancient Greek units of measurement varied according to location and epoch. Systems of ancient weights and measures evolved as needs changed; Solon and...
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    Olympiad, which became a unit of time in historical chronologies. These Olympiads were referred to based on the winner of their stadion sprint, e.g., "the third...
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    bodyguard. Mayers was arrested after being allowed to finish his gig at Stadion. As it was judged there was a risk that he may flee or tamper with evidence...
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    Diaulos (running race) (category Ancient Greek units of measurement)
    Diaulos (Greek: Δίαυλος, English translation: "double pipe") was a double-stadion race, c. 400 metres (1,300 feet), introduced in the 14th Olympiad of the...
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