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Re^2: At the risk of saying something stupid-but-obvious about Roman Numeralsby Anonymous Monk |
| on May 12, 2014 at 23:28 UTC ( #1085847=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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Or even, MDCCCLXXIIII. Romans probably treated the numbers like a bag of coins. To add two numbers, just lump them together. Substractive forms (IV, IX, XL, XC, CD, CM), and even double substractives (such as CCM) would also occur, according to wikipedia.
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