QUADRANTAL

or AMPHŎRA QUADRANTAL, or AMPHŎRA only, was the principal Roman measure of capacity for fluids. A standard model of the Amphora was kept with great care in the temple of Jupiter in the Capitol, and was called amphora Capitol in a . It contained 5·77 imperial gallons, or a little more than 5¾ gallons, or than 5 gallons and 6 pints.