BOOK V. I. 8-9 



Let us now come to our real purpose. We have 

 not put down all the parts of the iugerum but only 

 those which enter into the estimation of work done. 

 For it was needless to follow out the smaller fractions 

 on which no business transaction depends. The 

 iugerum, therefore, as we have said, contains 28,8)0 

 square feet, which number of feet is equivalent to 288 

 scripula. But to begin with the smallest fraction, the 

 haM-scripulum, the 576th part of a iugerum, contains 

 50 feet ; it is the haif-scripuluiii of the iugerum. The 

 288th part of the iugerum contains 100 feet ; this is a 

 scripulum. The 144th part contains 200 feet, that is 

 two scripula. The 72nd part contains 400 feet and is a 

 sextula, in which there are four scripula. The 48th 

 part, containing 600 feet, is a sicilicus, in which there 



The divisions of a iugerum {continued). 



