Roman numerals

Roman numerals

The numeric system represented by Roman numerals originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages. Numbers in this system are represented by combinations of letters from the Latin alphabet. Roman numerals, as used today, are based on seven symbols:

Symbol I V X L C D M
Value 1 5 10 50 100 500 1,000

 

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Roman numeric system

Basic decimal pattern

The original pattern for Roman numerals used the symbols I, V. and X (1, 5, and 10) as simple ......

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