Note 394 — ON AIRS, WATERS, AND PLACES.
Francis Adams translation
Clifton translates this clause of the sentence thus: “Even if there be but a small distance between them,” and, I think, correctly, although Coray is not quite satisfied with this interpretation. The stadium was nearly the eighth part of a Roman mile, that is to say, it consisted of 94½ French toises, or 625 English feet.