Oct 10, 2020 · It's conceivable that the numeral Ɔ and letters it combines with are a mediaeval conceit rather than truly Roman — hopefully this is still on topic. I'm trying to decipher the …

Aug 9, 2019 · Anyhow, you can write much bigger numbers than that MMMCMXCIX (3999). By putting a horizontal line, called vinculum overline above a Roman numeral, you multiply it by …

May 16, 2017 · Two Roman numerals seem to have an obvious parallel to an existing word: M = 1000 = mille C = 100 = centum The rest, though, seem fairly random: the "I" appears to be just …

Nov 26, 2016 · I can see a more interesting question ("How did they speak of their arcane numerology?") lurking behind the obvious one ("How did Romans pronounce 43?"). A written …

Feb 22, 2024 · How to write Fourteen in Roman numerals? (Unicode) Ask Question Asked 1 year, 10 months ago Modified 1 year, 10 months ago

Apr 2, 2023 · As you can read in the Unicode Standard 6.0, chapter 15.3, For most purposes, it is preferable to compose the Roman numerals from sequences of the appropriate Latin letters. …

I noticed earlier that a roman numeral (8) is written as VIII. It appears that it is more concise (less characters) to write it as IIX (meaning 2 before 10 instead of 3 after 5).

Jun 28, 2023 · Interestingly enough, this subject has been touched on in Latin Language before but I didn't catch it: What does the "Roman" numeral Ɔ represent?, Which Roman Numerals …

Mar 22, 2021 · Why were so many praenomina ordinal numbers or apparently derived from ordinal numbers? A few examples: Octavia Minor (Augustus Caesar's older sister) Octavia …

Feb 3, 2020 · 14 I'm auto-converting any "Arabic" number in a text to Roman numerals. This means that: 123 Becomes: CXXIII But what to do when I encounter decimals such as: 12.34 ? …