Propositiones ad Acuendos Juvenes/Problems/29 - De Civitate Rotunda/Historical Note

== Historical Note on by : Problem $29$: De Civitate Rotunda == The actual area of the town is approximately $8488$ house areas.

Using $\AA = \dfrac {C^2} {16}$ as in $25$: De Campo Rotundo, the area is approximately $6667$ house areas.

assumes the circle contains a $1600 \times 2400$ rectangle, but such a circle could hold over $10 \, 000$ house areas.

reports that he managed to fit $8307$ in, but suspects it may be possible to do better.