Modius (unit)

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Modius on Roman bronze coin (Quadrans) at the time of Emperor Claudius
Modius with ears of corn and poppy seed capsule, ANNONA AVG, on Hadrian's denarius

Modius was a Roman measure of volume that is already mentioned in the Bible in the parable of the light under a bushel ( Mt 5,14–15  ELB ; Mk 4,21–25  ELB ; Lk 8,16–18  ELB ). It corresponded to the bitch . For dry goods, that is what it was intended for, the measure was called ⅓ amphora.

  • 1 mode = 16 sextariums = about 8.7 liters
  • 1 mode = ⅓ amphora (Roman)

The dimensional chain was

  • 1 modius = 16 sextaries = 32 hemina = 64 quartarius = 128 acetabulum = 192 cyathus

The modius was a motif often used for Annona coinage . The emperors minted these coins to refer to their services for the grain supply of the city of Rome by securing supplies from the provinces.

See also

literature

  • Joseph Franz Allioli: Dictionary (general) of the holy scriptures. Part 2, Verlag G. Joseph Manz, Regensburg 1838, p. 41.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ August Böckh : Metrological investigations on weights, coin feet and mass of antiquity in their context. Veit and Comp., Berlin 1838, p. 201.