. Pompeii : its life and art . A-CLflDl\SA-r-FIArOS-SJ\RCABS-N-l:A!,^D V-I-D- ,HEX SVR AS-EXAE DEC :DE(R. ?4*- -\ Fig. 34. — Table of standard measures, in ens a ponderaria. Choinix. We nat-urally infer that inthe pre-Romantime the Pompe-ians used Greekmeasures. In the time ofAugustus, about , the cavitieswere enlarged andmade to conform tothe Roman stand-ard, but the newnames were not putbeside them. Theinscription on thefront of the larger slab has reference to these changes : AulusClodius Flaccus, the son of Aulus, and Numerius ArcaeusArellianus Caledus, t
. Pompeii : its life and art . A-CLflDl\SA-r-FIArOS-SJ\RCABS-N-l:A!,^D V-I-D- ,HEX SVR AS-EXAE DEC :DE(R. ?4*- -\ Fig. 34. — Table of standard measures, in ens a ponderaria. Choinix. We nat-urally infer that inthe pre-Romantime the Pompe-ians used Greekmeasures. In the time ofAugustus, about , the cavitieswere enlarged andmade to conform tothe Roman stand-ard, but the newnames were not putbeside them. Theinscription on thefront of the larger slab has reference to these changes : AulusClodius Flaccus, the son of Aulus, and Numerius ArcaeusArellianus Caledus, the son of Numerius, duumvirs with judi-ciary authority, in accordance with a decree of the city council,caused the measures to be made equal to the Roman measures. A similar adjustment of measures to the Roman standard isindicated by the use of the phrase mcnsuras exaequare on atable found at Minturnae. The adoption of a uniform standardwas made a subject of imperial regulation by Augustus, who, bythis means, sought to promote the unification of the tables of measures have been found in various parts ofthe R
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