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Historical Note on Pace
The pace was defined in Roman times as $2$ steps.
Hence it is approximated to about $5$ feet.
This is how the Roman mille passuum is defined, which is literally $1000$ paces.
Hence the origin of the mile.
Sources
- Mar. 1992: John Hadley/2 and David Singmaster: Problems to Sharpen the Young (Math. Gazette Vol. 76, no. 475: pp. 102 – 126) www.jstor.org/stable/3620384