or Millia Passuum, a very common expression amongst the ancient Romans for a measure of distance, commonly called a mile. Milliarium, rarely used. A Roman mile Hesychius made to consist of seven stadia; Plutarch, little short of eight; many others, as Strabo and Polybius, eight stadia and no more. The reason of this difference seems to be, that the former had regard to the Grecian foot, which is greater than the Roman or Italic. This distance is oftentimes called lapis, from the stone by which it was marked or indicated.