Bematists or bematistae (Ancient Greek βηματισταί (bēmatistaí, 'step measurer'), from
βῆμα (bema, 'pace')), were specialists in ancient Greece and ancient Egypt who measured distances by pacing.[1]
^Tzifopoulos, Yannis (2013). "Bematists". In Bagnall, Roger S.; Brodersen, Kai; Champion, Craige B.; Erskine, Andrew; Huebner, Sabine R. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Ancient History. doi:10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah09247.
Bematists or bematistae (Ancient Greek βηματισταί (bēmatistaí, 'step measurer'), from βῆμα (bema, 'pace')), were specialists in ancient Greece and ancient...
Ptolemy, and Pliny draw upon the otherwise-lost evidence of Alexander's bematist distance-measurers. When attempting to decipher the above sources, modern...
the Great (r. 336-323 BC) as by his bematists Diognetus and Baeton. However, the high accuracy of the bematists's measurements rather indicates the use...
in which he is mentioned as King Alexandros' hemerodromos (cursor) and bematist of Asia. Lindos Chronicle. King Alexandros having defeated Darius in battle...
Aswan), and the distance between the cities was measured by professional bematists. A geometric calculation reveals that the circumference of the Earth is...
and 25 BC Amyntas of Heraclea, mathematician; student of Plato Amyntas (bematist), wrote Stathmoi Amyntas the surgeon Amyntas of Aeolia in diaulos Amyntas...
Alexandria was 5,000 stadia (a figure that was checked yearly by professional bematists, mensores regii); he assumes the simplified hypothesis that Syene was...
Brian Campbell is much broader and also contains an English translation. Bematist Triangulation (surveying)#History One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates...
Pliny's Masice, the point on the Euphrates in the measurements of the Bematists." Herzfeld, The Persian Empire: Studies in Geography and Ethnography of...
an Alexandria in Arachosia—while Pliny additionally cites Alexander's bematists (distance-measurers) Diognetos and Baiton, who refer to an "Arachosiorum...
believed it to be the Deli Çay, but the distances measured by Alexander's bematists and observations of the local topography, as compared to ancient descriptions...
rebellion in the region. The city was however mentioned by Alexander's bematists (distance-measurers), who are cited in the works of the geographers Erastothenes...
The identification is made based on distances measured by Alexander's bematists and observations of the local topography compared to the descriptions...
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