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1684: 1676: 31: 5708: 1353: 1334: 78:(527–565), no universal system of units of measurement existed in the Byzantine world, and each region used its traditional measures. Justinian began the process of standardization that resulted in a specifically Byzantine system, chiefly due to the need of such a system for the fiscal administration. Official measurement and weighing was performed subject to an array of charges including the 102:. Despite the central government's insistence on the use of official measures, other systems continued to be used in parallel, whether due to local traditions or foreign influences, or in order to cover the necessities of specific trades or crafts. In addition, from the 12th century, foreign merchants such as the 1784:) over the course of the 4th century. In the second half of the 6th century, these were replaced by discs until at least the early 9th century and possibly the 12th. The glass weights had numerous advantages in manufacture and use but seem to have disappeared following the loss of the empire's 1741:, however, implying average pounds of 0.324 kg (4th–6th century), 0.322 kg (6th–7th century), 0.320 kg (7th–9th century), 0.319 kg (9th–13th century), and even less thereafter. 2711:
Byzantine Trade, 4th-12th Centuries: The Archaeology of Local, Regional and International Exchange: Papers of the Thirty-eighth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, St John's College University of Oxford, March
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Highly variable. Modioi were sometimes much smaller units that might come 100 or 250 to a single zeugarion. The "Modion" was originally a grain measure, and "zeugarion" referred to a
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Derived from the ancient Greek foot, the standard foot length in Byzantium seems to have been 0.3123 m, but in practice the length fluctuated between 0.308 and 0.320 m
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The basis of land tax assessments, variously reckoned as 10 fathoms in the fertile Balkan and west Anatolian themes and as 12 in the rest of Asia Minor.
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Analysis of the thousands of surviving model weights strongly suggest multiple local weight standards in the Byzantine Empire before the
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and was used for the measurement of fields for the purpose of tax assessment. Local variants also existed for various other commodities.
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Derived from the equivalent ancient Greek unit (1.89 m) From the 14th century on local variants also existed, often called
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date from the early 3rd to late 5th centuries, gradually being replaced by cubes marked with a
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Sometimes described as a (square) "plethron", although this is uncommon in Byzantine texts
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The Economic History of Byzantium: From the Seventh through the Fifteenth Century
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The Economic History of Byzantium: From the Seventh through the Fifteenth Century
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The Economic History of Byzantium: From the Seventh through the Fifteenth Century
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The text survives in a 14th-century copy but is dated from its internal evidence.
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Source: Loizos, unless otherwise noted. Metric equivalents are approximate.
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Source: Loizos, unless otherwise noted. Metric equivalents are approximate.
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Source: Loizos, unless otherwise noted. Metric equivalents are approximate.
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Source: Loizos, unless otherwise noted. Metric equivalents are approximate.
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The ordinary units used for liquid measurement were mostly
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and was used mainly in construction, hence was also called
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Codex Parisinus supplementus graecus 676. 14th century.
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weights were often in the shape of a Byzantine empress.
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operating within the Empire received the right to use
2370: 2355: 2322:, "Orgyia" (E. Schilbach, A. Cutler), pp. 1532–1533. 2800:: Dumbarton Oaks, pp. 973–1058, archived from 2574: 2433: 2421: 2382: 1806:, the weights of currency were administered by the 2745:: Dumbarton Oaks, pp. 815–878, archived from 1142:The ordinary units used for land measurement were 27:System of measurement used in the Byzantine Empire 2397: 1356:The museum's display of Byzantine amphorae styles 5727: 2841:, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 917, 2790:"The Role of the Byzantine State in the Economy" 2729: 2564: 2562: 2560: 1820:and eparch of the city. By the 9th century, the 4169:Spain (Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands) 3794: 2907: 2830:Pryce, Frederick Norman; et al. (2012), 2796:, Translated for publication by John Solman, 2557: 1824:nominally controlled all official weights in 126:The Byzantine Empire continued to employ the 2829: 2349: 3808: 2885:A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities 2784: 2334: 2271: 2250: 2235: 2223:, "Measures" (E. Schilbach), pp. 1325–1326. 1842: 1834: 1808: 1695:The ordinary units used for measurement of 227:), "unit", as the smallest unit of length. 56:were a combination and modification of the 3801: 3787: 2921: 2914: 2900: 2775:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 2671: 2415: 1648:        1575:        2855: 2822:International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 2735:"Prices and Wages in the Byzantine World" 2619: 2527: 2515: 2500: 2483: 2460: 2364: 2679:, Vol. XCI, De Gruyter, p. 176 1682: 1674: 1351: 1332: 29: 5057: 14: 5728: 2815: 2760: 2684: 2580: 2551: 2427: 2391: 2376: 5625: 5056: 4841: 4533: 4200: 3821: 3782: 2895: 2707: 2595: 2439: 2403: 4842: 2293:, "Daktylos" (E. Schilbach), p. 578. 1715:in AD 309 establishing 72 gold 812:, one side of the ancient Greek acre 677:introduced a longer version of 9.25 4544: 2864:, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2554:, pp. 32, 45, 47–48, & 56. 24: 2944:International System of Units (SI) 2862:The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium 2654:The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium 25: 5757: 5667:Greek scholars in the Renaissance 2878: 2836:The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 2568: 2305:, "Pous" (E. Schilbach), p. 1708. 1246: 1005: 764: 716: 422: 136:were sometimes undertaken by the 5741:Human-based units of measurement 5706: 2824:, William B. Eerdmans Publishing 2632:: Dumbarton Oaks, archived from 4056:Decline of the Byzantine Empire 3878:Constantinian–Valentinianic era 2733:; Cheynet, Jean-Claude (2002), 2647: 2620:Entwistle, Christopher (2002), 2589: 2533: 2319: 2302: 2290: 2220: 130:used by the Greeks and Romans. 5141:Great Palace of Constantinople 4882:Patriarchate of Constantinople 4201: 2708:Mango, Marlia Mundell (2009). 2256: 2183: 2166: 859: 54:Byzantine units of measurement 13: 1: 5736:Obsolete units of measurement 2954:US customary units (USCS/USC) 2196: 2177: 2117: 1816:and commodity weights by the 1679:Five bronze commodity weights 34:The excavated remains of the 5603:University of Constantinople 5184:Arch of Galerius and Rotunda 4534: 4334:Chartoularios tou vestiariou 4023:Byzantine successor states ( 2685:Loizos, Demetris I. (2010), 2201: 2123:, but diminishing over time. 1121:     1071:     1000:     948:     814:Uncommon in Byzantine texts 621:Imperial or Geometric Orguia 460:basilikos/geômetrikos pêkhys 428:The Public Cubit counted 24 7: 5273:Saint Catherine's Monastery 4329:Chartoularios tou sakelliou 4324:Logothetes tou stratiotikou 3822: 2657:. Oxford University Press. 2172:Probably but not certainly 2142: 2109: 2103: 2080: 2059: 2053: 2004: 1993: 1971: 1960: 1938: 1927: 1744:Model weights were made in 1651: 1645: 1620: 1605: 1578: 1572: 1537: 1526: 1500: 1489: 1446: 1435: 1301: 1293: 1238: 1230: 1208: 1205: 1164:square Greek feet 1112: 1097: 1062: 1050: 994: 982: 942: 933: 904: 895: 841: 835: 801: 795: 754: 743: 708: 702: 658: 643: 600: 594: 559: 553: 519: 504: 476: 470: 465:βασιλικός/γεωμετρικός πῆχυς 417: 402: 376: 370: 340: 329: 305: 294: 270: 259: 213: 202: 10: 5762: 5662:Neo-Byzantine architecture 5626: 4283:Comes sacrarum largitionum 2097: 2047: 2036: 2025: 1987: 1954: 1921: 1910: 1811:comes sacrarum largitionum 1725: 1639: 1599: 1566: 1520: 1483: 1472: 1429: 1418: 1407: 1287: 1276: 1224: 1199: 1090: 1044: 976: 927: 889: 829: 789: 737: 696: 638:βασιλικὴ/γεωμετρικὴ ὀργυιά 637: 633:basilikê/geômetrikê orguiá 588: 547: 498: 464: 396: 364: 323: 288: 253: 242: 223: 196: 5689: 5632: 5621: 5542: 5442: 5400: 5345: 5290: 5245: 5232:Sant'Apollinare in Classe 5217: 5174: 5106: 5076: 5067: 5063: 5052: 4994: 4852: 4848: 4837: 4759: 4705: 4644: 4601: 4553: 4540: 4529: 4488: 4463: 4432: 4391: 4382: 4357: 4301: 4265: 4218: 4211: 4207: 4196: 4069: 3985: 3932: 3863: 3834: 3830: 3817: 3750: 3724: 3668: 3608: 3562: 3481: 3370: 3173: 3139: 3132: 3101: 3070: 3063: 3016: 3007:English Engineering Units 2974: 2936: 2929: 2856:Schilbach, Erich (1991), 2677:Byzantinische Zeitschrift 2530:, pp. 611 & 613. 2133: 1670: 1661: 1328: 1319: 1128: 420: 134:Weights and measures acts 121: 4806:Droungarios of the Fleet 2761:Nicole, J., ed. (1970), 2159: 1507:(=Roman half-sextarius) 5320:Early Byzantine mosaics 4682:Domestic of the Schools 3046:Quantum chromodynamical 2818:"Sabbath Day's Journey" 1137: 5637:Byzantine commonwealth 4399:Praetorian prefectures 4319:Logothetes tou genikou 4293:Quaestor sacri palatii 4288:Comes rerum privatarum 4061:Fall of Constantinople 4000:Sack of Constantinople 3159:centimetre–gram–second 2923:Systems of measurement 2879:Smith, William (ed.), 2763:The Book of the Eparch 2715:. Ashgate Publishing. 2596:Davis, Siriol (2004), 1843: 1835: 1809: 1756:and (less often) from 1692: 1680: 1357: 1349: 625:Imperial or Geometric 453:Imperial or Geometric 50: 5337:Komnenian renaissance 5332:Macedonian period art 5237:Sant'Apollinare Nuovo 5209:Walls of Thessaloniki 4309:Logothetes tou dromou 3924:Twenty Years' Anarchy 3888:Valentinianic dynasty 3883:Constantinian dynasty 3681:Biblical and Talmudic 3147:metre–kilogram–second 1713:Constantine the Great 1686: 1678: 1631:(Liquid) Modios 1355: 1336: 1307:    1241:    909:    844:    33: 5534:Units of measurement 5268:Panagia Gorgoepikoos 5161:Pammakaristos Church 5009:Corpus Juris Civilis 4960:Missionary activity 4419:Exarchate of Ravenna 4245:Imperial bureaucracy 2786:Oikonomides, Nicolas 2687:"Byzantine Measures" 2542:, Novel 128, Ch. 15. 1795:in the 7th century. 1707:, based on the late 720: "decafoot: 10- 128:anthropometric units 65:units of measurement 5058:Culture and society 4921:Ecumenical councils 4424:Exarchate of Africa 4414:Quaestura exercitus 4278:Magister officiorum 4273:Praetorian prefects 3916:Byzantine Dark Ages 2816:Porter, H. (1939), 2622:"Byzantine Weights" 2350:Pryce et al. 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Index

Byzantine units

Milion
zero-mile marker
Istanbul
Constantinople
ancient Greek
Roman
units of measurement
Byzantine Empire
Justinian I
Venetians
Pisans
Genovese
their own systems
anthropometric units
Weights and measures acts
emperors
tax reform
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Greek feet
meters
Digit
Finger
Palm
Span
Pous
Foot
Cubit
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