Centuriation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Centuriation is a noun meaning A method of land measurement used in Ancient Rome, characterised by the regular layout of a square grid traced using surveyors' instruments.
Meaning
A method of land measurement used in Ancient Rome, characterised by the regular layout of a square grid traced using surveyors' instruments.
Example Sentences
One particularly aggressive proponent of centuriation was Emperor Septimius Severus, who ruled from A.D. 192 to 211 and whose 400,000-man army was spread across an empire of 70 million people, from the Atlantic to the eastern shores of the Black Sea and from northern England to southern Egypt.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include centumvir, century, centiare, centare, centenary, centenier.
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