Propositiones ad Acuendos Juvenes/Problems/28 - De Civitate Triangula/Historical Note

== Historical Note on by : Problem $28$: De Civitate Triangula == According to the Roman formula the area of the triangle is $4500$ square feet.

This is $22 \frac 1 2$ house areas.

The actual area is approximately $4019$ square feet, which is just over $20$ house areas.

The marking down of $45$ to $40$ in the calculation may be an attempt to compensate for the inaccuracy of the formula.

However, fitting them into a triangle is not easy.

reports that he managed to fit $15$ in.

, on the other hand, managed $18$, but bent the walls of some of the houses slightly.