yacht_boy t1_iy23kkz wrote
Reply to comment by Persist_and_Resist in Eli5: Why did ships and navies come up with their own system of units (nautical miles, knots, fathoms, etc)? Is it still used? by Dewi2020
No, but I did take years of Latin where we studied this stuff, and I also know my way around hiking.
But then again, google can tell me that the Roman imperial soldiers were 3x as fast as you give them credit for.
PuzzleheadedBit1939 t1_iy37r9s wrote
The paragraph after the one you highlighted says that the 3mile/hour number is generous and based off some battle where exceptional marching speed could have been expected.
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