The Roman Empire dedided that they needed a number system
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The # 1 is I in the roman numeral letters and it is how the Romans used numbers.
The Egyptians wrote numbers using the Arabic numeral system (our system) and the Romans used the Roman numeral system. (IVXLCDM)
Yes the Roman numeral system evolved from the Etruscan numeral system and the Etruscans once ruled the Romans.
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Today the equivalent of 399 as a Roman numeral is CCCXCIX but the ancient Romans would have notated the numeral quite differently.