A Yugada is the unit of measurement that was used in ancient Rome to define the spaces of land that the families belonging to the curiae were going to inhabit and work, which in turn made up the tribes that lived in the monarchy that ruled Rome in a period defined and studied in detail in Roman Law, a subject taught in law studies at the university level.
The term Yugada comes from " Yugo " this was a handicraft device made of wood or iron that joined two oxen to sand the earth together. A pair of oxen that plow the land with this mechanism are known as Yunta. A Yugada is a unit of measure represented by what a pair of oxen can plow in a full day. An ancient family of patricians could be the owner of two yuan of land, this was enough for them to build their place where they would live and work. Let us remember that the first thing ancient Rome did as an economic activity was agriculture, they were a people that began by generating their valuable treasure through the cultivation of cereals such as wheat, then the vine and vineyards were a source of food for the Romans.
The yugada continues to be a metric reference equivalent to 2,700 m² or 32 hectares. It is useful as in ancient times to measure large portions of fertile land to be used in agriculture.
