Yes, the roman numerals originated with the Estruscans and were adapted by the romans.
Yes they are because in Rome, they speak latin
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The V in Roman numerals is the number 5. Five is quinquein Latin.
Because Latin was the language of the ancient Romans which is still used today and Roman numerals is the numerical aspect of the Latin language.
They are used in the Vatican City whereas Latin is the official spoken language and Roman numerals are the arithmetical aspect of the Latin language.
Today the equivalent of 19 in Roman numerals are XIX But in ancient Rome they once were XVIIII or IXX In fact the Latin word for XVIIII is 'novemdecim' and the Latin word for IXX is 'undeviginti There is no equivalent Latin word for XIX
it is Latin moclivix from mocclxxvi