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>>surpri+(OP)
A mile is exactly 1000 paces, or 4000 feet. You may disagree, but consider: the word mile come from latin for "one thousand". Therefore a mile must be 1000 of something, namely paces. I hope you find this argument convincing.

>>f33d51+RC1
5000, but a slightly shorter foot than the modern one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile#Roman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Roman_units_of_measure...