Amphitheatre Pompeii The Amphitheatre of Pompeii is the oldest surviving Roman amphitheatre. It is situated in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii and was buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 ad. It is located to the east of the city and the edge of the eruption. It measures 135m long and 104m wide, the arena's pit is measured at 6m below ground level and was built in 70 bc. Coordinates 40.751827,14.494962 Measurements 135m x 104m (341ft x 443ft) 76.2m x 38.1m ( 250ft x 125ft) Angled at 60° towards northwest Area π×341×443= 474578 π×250×125= 98175 474578× 98175= 46591695150 46591695150÷223= 208931368 π×341×450= 482077 482077× 98175= 47327909475 47327909475÷223= 212232777 Roman Units The Roman cubit (cubitum) was 1½ Roman feet (17.48 inches) Five Roman feet made the pace (passus), 1.48 metres (58.23 inches). If considering a standardised unit, the Roman foot was probably used here, making the above whole units in 5's as if a passus. If applying again, the amph
The Rollright Stones The Rollright Stones are a complex of three Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monuments near the village of Long Compton, on the borders of Oxfordshire and Warwickshire. They were constructed from local oolitic limestone and are thought to date to the 4th-2nd millennium bc, they are known as the King's Men, the Whispering Knights in Oxfordshire and the King Stone in Warwickshire. The King's Men is the stone circle consisting of 57 stones, the Whispering Knights is a collection of 6 stones, and the King Stone is by itself. The three create a triangle with the angles as 19°/58°/103° between them, if the area in feet is divided by 3600 a number near the vertical angle (62°) is produced with the perimeter divided by the horizontal angle (4°) producing 689ft. (This uses the measurements sides as 1250ft/1088ft/417ft) 221374÷3,600=61.5 2756÷4=689 1250÷1088=1.15 1088÷417=2.61 The ratios reducing give the numbers 1.15 and 2.61 but multipled give the foll