Jugerum

The jugerum or juger (Latin: iūgerum, iūgera, iūger, or iugus)[a] was a Roman unit of area, equivalent to a rectangle 240 Roman feet in length and 120 feet in width (about 71×35½ m), i.e. 28,800 square Roman feet (Latin: pedes quadratum)[1] or about 14 hectare (0.623 acre).


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  1. ^ Colum. R. R. v.i § 6; Quintil. i.18.