tonnage
tonnage
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A boat of 500 talents tonnage: P. πλοῖον . . . εἰς πεντακόσια τάλαντα ἄγον μέτρα (Thuc. 4.118).
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A boat of 500 talents tonnage: P. πλοῖον . . . εἰς πεντακόσια τάλαντα ἄγον μέτρα (Thuc. 4.118).
TONNAGE
The tonnage of a vessel was estimated by how many amphorae (i.e. Roman cubic feet) it contained; e.g. navem quae plus quam trecentarum amphorarum esset (Liv. 21 63): naves quarum minor nulla erat duum millium amphorarum (Lent. ap. Cic.).
Tonnage-dues portorium.
The tonnage of a vessel was estimated by how many amphorae (i.e. Roman cubic feet) it contained; e.g. navem quae plus quam trecentarum amphorarum esset (Liv. 21 63): naves quarum minor nulla erat duum millium amphorarum (Lent. ap. Cic.).
Tonnage-dues portorium.
tonnage: the t. of a Roman vessel was calculated by the number of amphorae (Roman cubic feet) which it contained: a ship of large t., navis quae plus quam trecentarum amphorarum esset, Liv. 21, 63: naves quarum minor nulla erat quam milium amphorarum, Lentul. in Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 2.