It was haft the amphora, and four times the congius.

From this time on the word "congius" is simply the Latin word for gallon.

By means of this congius the weight of the Roman pound has been ascertained.

Thus we find the word congius mentioned in a charter of Edmund I in 946.

Measure for liquids,-- the congius spoken of by Pliny.

The congius is a half-foot cubed.

The congius contained six sextarii.

In Ancient Roman measurement, congius (pl.

This congius holds, according to an experiment made by Dr. Hase, in 1824, 52037.692 grains of distilled water.

Newborn cubs of A. congius are white in color and do not reach their adult color of brownish white until about 2 months old.

The Roman system of weights and measures, including the congius, was introduced to Britain in the 1st century by Emperor Claudius.

Cato tells us that he was wont to give each of his slaves a congius of wine at the Saturnalia and Compitalia.

In Apothecary Measures, the Latin Congius (abbreviation c.) is used for the Queen Anne gallon of 231 cubic inches, also known as the US gallon.

Of Ancient Roman containers, a congiarium, or congiary, (Latin, from congius) was a vessel containing one congius, a measure of volume equal to six sextarii.

In 1866, an article entitled On a Congius appeared in the Journal of the British Archaeological Association casting doubt on the authenticity of the Farnese congius.

The 2002 book Aqueduct hunting in the seventeenth century: Raffaello Fabretti's De aquis et aquaeductibus veteris Romae by Harry B. Evans reports that the original congius of Farnese has been lost and that the extant copies are considered spurious.

There is a congius in existence called the congius of Vespasian or the Farnese congius, bearing an inscription, which states that it was made in the year 75 A.D., according to the standard measure in the capitol, and that it contained, by weight, ten pounds.