This concept can also be seen in the Roman
iugerum and perhaps in the "old" donum of 2,500 [m.sup.2].
To someone who asks "what sort of land have you bought?" the answer will contain a descriptive phrase such as "oblongum ab initio, deinde latiorem" (elongated at the beginning, then broader), "duorum
iugerum longitudinis" (two iugera long), "incerte latitudinis" (of uncertain broadness).
si in illa pertica centuries ducenum
iugerum fecerimus et accipientibus dabuntur iugera sexagena sena besses, unam centuriam tres [homines] accipere debebunt, in qua illis tres parses aequis frontibus determinabimus.