Measuring time
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2003 6:41 pm
Salve,
I would like more about the methods the Romans used to measure time. They used sundials but I remember reading about waterclocks too. Could anyone tell me how they divided the day (hours, minutes, seconds?) and with what kind of apparatus.
Valete bene,
Hannibal Dionysius Draco
I would like more about the methods the Romans used to measure time. They used sundials but I remember reading about waterclocks too. Could anyone tell me how they divided the day (hours, minutes, seconds?) and with what kind of apparatus.
Valete bene,
Hannibal Dionysius Draco