The Roman numerals MCMXCVIII represent the number 1998 in Arabic numerals. The M represents 1000, the CM represents 900, the XC represents 90, and the VIII represents 8. When combined, these symbols represent the year 1998 in the Gregorian calendar.
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In todays modern notation of Roman numerals they represent 1998 but the ancient Romans probably notated them quite differently
9998 in Roman numerals is written as I̅X̅X̅C̅ MCMXCVIII.
Today we write 1998 in Roman numerals as MCMXCVIII
In today's notation it is written out as MCMXCVIII but the Romans themselves would have probably wrote it out simply as IIMM (-2+2000 = 1998)
xiii SEPT MCMXCVIII
X/IV/MCMXCVIII