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I: Only 7 characters are needed to represent quantities i.e. M, D, C, L, X, V and I.

II: It was the most advanced numeracy system in the ancient world long before the introduction of the Hindu-Arabic numeral system.

III: It is still used today whereas other ancient numeral systems have almost been forgotten.

IV: Large numbers can be expressed with the minimum of characters e.g. (M) = 1,000,000.

V: It does not need a nought figure for positional place value purposes as the value of these numerals are self evident.

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