A league was considered to be the distance a man could walk in one hour, and the mile (from mille, "meaning thousand") consisted of 1,000 passus (paces, five feet, or double-step).
League dianggap jarak yang dapat ditempuh oleh seorang pria berjalan kaki dalam satu jam, dan mil (dari mille, "yang berarti seribu") terdiri dari 1.000 passus (langkah, lima foot, atau double-step).