roman numerals
Template:Table Numeral Systems Roman numerals are a numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. [1]
Roman numerals stem from the numeral system of ancient Rome. [2]
Roman numerals are a numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. [3]
For more information on Roman numerals, visit Britannica.com. [4]
It is a cousin of the Etruscan numerals, and the letters derive from earlier non-alphabetical symbols; over time the Romans came to identify the symbols with letters of the Latin alphabet. [2]
The system used in classical antiquity was slightly modified in the Middle Ages to produce the system we use today. [3]
Any of the numerical symbols formed with the Roman letters I, V, X, L, C, D, and M, representing respectively the numbers 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, and 1000, used by the ancient Romans and still used today in certain formal contexts. [...] System of representing numbers devised by the ancient Romans. [4]
In music theory, while scale degrees are typically represented with Arabic numerals, often modified with a caret or circumflex, the triads that have these degrees as their roots are often identified by Roman numerals (as in chord symbols). [...] Roman numerals are commonly used today in numbered lists (in outline format), clockfaces, pages preceding the main body of a book, chord triads in music analysis, the numbering of movie and video game sequels, book publication dates, successive political leaders or children with identical names, and the numbering of some sport events, such as the Olympic Games or the Super Bowls. [1]
The system was modified slightly during the Middle Ages to produce the system used today. [2]
For very large numbers (five million and above), there is no standard format, although sometimes a double bar or underline is used to indicate multiplication by 1,000,000. [1]
Roman numerals are commonly used today in numbered lists (in outline format), clockfaces, pages preceding the main body of a book, chord triads in music analysis, the numbering of movie publication dates, successive political leaders or children with identical names, and the numbering of some sport events, such as the Olympic Games or the Super Bowl. [...] Likewise, on some buildings it is possible to see MDCCCCX, for example, representing 1910 instead of MCMX - notably Admiralty Arch in London. [3]
In general, the number zero did not have its own Roman numeral, but a primitive form (nulla) was known by medieval computists (responsible for calculating the date of Easter). [2]
Sources:
[1] Roman numerals - WikiPilipinas: The Hip ‘n Free Philippine …
[2] Roman numerals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[3] Roman numerals
[4] Roman numeral: Definition from Answers.com