14/38 (those of the other two are lost), and it has been suggested that the six together made up 240 ft. The depth--which is not stated on the surviving fragment, but was doubtless uniform for all the plots--may then have been 120 ft., and the whole parcel may have covered 120 x 240 ft., that is, a Roman 'iugerum'. It was plainly a piece of town property. The largest 'meris', Plot v, measured only 25 by 40 yds. and no one would care for such a field or farm. |