Because of changes made to the real rules governing the Roman numeral system in the Middle Ages the number 1999 is officially now MCMXCIX when converted into Roman numerals.
However the ancient Romans would have worked out the equivalent of 1999 on an abacus counting device as MDCCCCLXXXXVIIII and then abridged it to IMM (2000-1) in written format.
In the same way that the equivalent of 9 is VIIII then abridged to IX (10-1) in written format.
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There are many different ways one might write the numbers '608.' If one desires to write the numbers '608' in Roman numerals, one would write 'DCVIII.'
The way we write out Roman numerals today differs in many respects to how the Romans actually did themselves for example today we would convert 1999 into Roman numerals as MCMXCIX but there is evidence to suggest that the Romans would have simply wrote it out as IMM (2000-1) Roman numerals: M=100, D=500, C=100, L=50, X=10, V=5 and I=1
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XLV in roman numerals = 45
The number 2001 in Roman numerals is written as MMI. It requires 3 symbols: two M's for 2000 and one I for 1.