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The dictionary traces it back to Middle English 'aker', ' and Old English 'æcer'.It was originally the area a yoke of oxen could plow in a day and differed in size from one place to another.Read more: acre
An acre is a measurement used in parceling land. It is a customary and imperial measurement. One acre is equal to 43,560 square feet.
12.5 cents per acre
how many acres is the farm?[1.6 iugena equals 1 acre] that is the first requirement to answer. Per acre a roman farmer received as a minimum 40 denari /160 sestersious [ 9.6 bushels wheat equivalent or 1 dairy cow] annual inclusive of expences if grain or pasture and would have received more for vineyard or olive grove per acre.
No known Roman name, they likely used the Greek 'Iris' or 'Arce'.