10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONGII»
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congii in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity
Bernard's dimension would not contain 8 congii, therefore could not be the cube
of the amphora. ACCORDING to Villalpandus's experiment the side of the
amphora's cube was 986 thousand parts of our foot, that is r ',832 inches, the
cube ...
2
The great art of artillery of Casimir Simienowicz ...
The Macka in Jarostaw is 160 Congii or Garniec, (Kanns) but at Premiflitz 130
only. CWERTNIA is a Measure which may properly be called a i&W. dimnum; for
it holds two Medimni or /ftrzw of Cracow. At Po/fo it is 42 Congii or Garniec.
Kazimierz Siemienowicz, 1729
et cadet supra ; et contra, si ille supra, hic (ut par est) cadet infra. Ut si proponatur
e cisterna aliqua aquae congii f partes effluere in fa horae ; quaeratur autem
quanto tempore 1\, seu £, congii effluent ? Primd, ductii linea ut a margine, '5'5 ...
4
The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Several Nations ...
So that the four congii would have amounted to no more than eighteen pints in all
, which is not so mighty a wonder. Novellius Torquatus drank three congii or
thirteen pints and a half at one draught before Tiberius, whence he was call'd ...
Bernard Picart, Jean Frédéric Bernard, 1731
5
The great art of artillery, tr. from the Fr. by G. Shelvocke
At Kaliskie 36 Garniec, and the Wiertel Kali ski, is 14 Congii or Kanns. KORZEC
is exactly the Medimnus of the Latins-, that of Cracow is 16 Congii; by which
means it happens to be equal to the Medimnus or 2 Amphora, and answers to
160 Tb ...
Kazimierz Siemienowicz, 1729
6
A Collection of Voyages and Travels: Some Now First Printed ...
c.u Aflertion, yet thus far, that I have not ffiVP"" exceeded in aligning the true
Longi- Tempii! aC tud« : FoT fcy the dear Evidences of " Fragnien- " Diofcorides,
and of an Anonymous Au- ta iDiofcori- thor before cited , eight Congii are the dis*
juft ...
7
Temperance progress of the century
Almost incredible stories are told of the drinking capacity of these Roman
debauchees. Tiberius Claudius knighted Novellius Torquatus, giving him the title
of Tricongius (three-gallon knight) in honour of his drinking three congii* of wine
at one ...
John Granville Woolley, William Eugene Johnson, 1905
8
The Archaeological Journal
The inscription at Sens corresponds well with a mention of a largess made by the
aediles during the second Punic War (Livy, XXV, ii, 9), when fifty gallons of oil
were distributed in each quarter of the city — " Congii olei in vicos singulos dati ...
9
Ancient Rome: From the Early Republic to the Assassination ...
For three months after the harvest let them drink after- wine; in the fourth month
give them a hemina (half a pint) a day, that is two and a half congii a month; in the
fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth month a sextarius (a pint) a day, that is five congii ...
Matthew Dillon, Lynda Garland, 2005
10
Gallus: or, Roman scenes of the time of Augustus. With notes ...
Fest. Exc. 133. The smaller measures into which the amphora was divided were
the congius and sextarius. Festus, 8. v. publica pondera, 246, quotes from the
Plebiscitum Silianum, according to which eight congii were equal to an amphora,
...
Wilhelm Adolf Becker, 1903
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONGII»
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How an expensive delicacy was produced
Pliny, the ancient Roman scientist and historian, reports that: “Two congii (about 1.5 gallons) of garum are sold for 1,000 sesterces, or about ... «Times of Malta, Jul 13»
