Eventually he focused on the work of Fritz Prinsheim which was concentrated on the contract of sale in ancient times.
Had he known that in the hands of Kenneth Kitchen the sequence of blessings and curses in ancient contracts was eventually to become one of the most important dating tools of modern archaeology, Stecchini might not have focused on the clauses relating to measures.
As it happened it was this focus that led Otto Lenel to allow him to read a paper on the length of miles in the Syro-Roman Law Book.
Jaeger suggested that he write his thesis on the concept of akribea or precision in Greek thought.
[citation needed] His method consists of starting with an assumption, namely that all ancient measures are by definition related.