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Convert Roman actus to span (cloth)
Please provide values below to Convert Roman actus to span (cloth), or vice versa.
What is a Roman Actus?
The Roman Actus was a Roman unit of length, roughly equivalent to 35.5 meters or 116.5 Roman feet. It was also used to measure area, specifically the *actus quadratus*.
What is a Cloth Span?
A span represented 9 inches (22.86 cm), the distance between thumb and little finger when spread. Medieval cloth merchants used this measurement, with 2 spans making 1 cubit. The term survives in 'spanner' tools adjusting span-width nuts.
Roman actus to span (cloth) Conversion Table
| Roman actus | span (cloth) |
|---|---|
| 0.01 Roman actus | 1.552 span (cloth) |
| 0.1 Roman actus | 15.52 span (cloth) |
| 1 Roman actus | 155.2 span (cloth) |
| 2 Roman actus | 310.4 span (cloth) |
| 3 Roman actus | 465.6 span (cloth) |
| 5 Roman actus | 776 span (cloth) |
| 10 Roman actus | 1552 span (cloth) |
| 20 Roman actus | 3104 span (cloth) |
| 50 Roman actus | 7760 span (cloth) |
| 100 Roman actus | 15520 span (cloth) |
| 1000 Roman actus | 155200 span (cloth) |
How to Convert Roman actus to span (cloth)
1 Roman actus = 155.2 span (cloth)
1 span (cloth) = 0.0064432989690722 Roman actus
Example: convert 15 Roman actus to span (cloth):
15 × 155.2 = 2328 span (cloth)