Tradition, and also because Roman numerals are more recognisable than ancient Greek numerals.
One rule of Roman numerals is you cannot have more than 3 of the same letter in a row.
In todays modern notation of Roman numerals it is MCMXCV but the ancient Romans would have wrote the equivalent of 1995 quite differently than we do today
In todays modern notation of Roman numerals 1948 = MCMXLVIII But the ancient Romans would have wrote it out differently than how we do it today
Roman numerals were made just for the same reason as Arabic numerals we are using now.Romans needed some characters to record quantities, dates, taxes etc.So they invented their own system. Bear in mind that roman numerals are older than Arabic ones.
Tradition, and also because Roman numerals are more recognisable than ancient Greek numerals.
In Roman numerals D = 500 so 8 more than D = 508, which in Roman numerals is DVIII.
One rule of Roman numerals is you cannot have more than 3 of the same letter in a row.
40 is represented as XL and 60 is represented as LX in Roman numerals.
In todays modern notation of Roman numerals it is MCMXCV but the ancient Romans would have wrote the equivalent of 1995 quite differently than we do today
This is not a number since "H" is not a Roman Numeral, and the Romans did not have more than 3 consecutive identical numerals together!
In todays modern notation of Roman numerals 1948 = MCMXLVIII But the ancient Romans would have wrote it out differently than how we do it today
Roman numerals were made just for the same reason as Arabic numerals we are using now.Romans needed some characters to record quantities, dates, taxes etc.So they invented their own system. Bear in mind that roman numerals are older than Arabic ones.
Today's conventional conversion of 2459 into Roman numerals is MMCDLIX.But more than likely the Romans themselves would have written it as: MMCCCCLVIIII.
In Roman numerals, X represents the number 10. Therefore, to express the number 19 in Roman numerals, we combine X (10) with IX (9), which is one less than X. Therefore, XIX is the Roman numeral representation of 19.
IV is the roman numerals equivalent of the number 4. It "means" one less than five.
The number XCM is impossible in Roman numerals, as it features two numbers less than M to the direct left of M. The Roman numeral which represents the number 10 + 100 = 110 less than 1000 = 890, is DCCCXC.