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In today's modern way of expressing Roman numerals 199 and 114 are now considered to be CXCIX and CXIV respectively but there exist historical evidence to suggest that the ancient Romans would have probably worked out the above calculations in either of the following formats:

A: ICC+ICXV+ICC = DXII => (200-1)+(215-1)+(200-1) = 512

B: CLXXXXVIIII+CXIIII+CLXXXXVIIII = DXII +> 199+114+199 = 512

For more extensive and complicated calculations the Romans would have used an abacus calculating device.

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