Roman numerals

Roman numerals

• The ancient imperial system that continues among us

Roman numerals are part of an important numbering system still in effect until today, this system is used, for example, to date important dates, for the enumeration of chapters of books and in some watches of the analog type. The Roman numerals, as its name implies, were created in the Roman Empire era, this system was born as an adaptation of the Etruscan numerical system, but adapted to the Latin alphabet. Unlike the Arabic numeral system, which is currently the most widespread in the western part of the world, Roman numerals lack zero (MEANING OF NUMBERS, n.d.), since this system is of the additive type (CurioSfera.com, n.d.) and not positional like the Arabic (Blanca espada, 2018).

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References:

Blanca espada. (2018). "Números romanos y el sistema de numeración romano". En SOBREHISTORIA.COM. Recuperado de https://sobrehistoria.com/numeros-romanos/

CurioSfera.com (s.f.). Historia de los números. Recuperado de https://www.curiosfera.com/historia-de-los-numeros/

SIGNIFICADO DE LOS NÚMEROS (s.f.). Números Romanos: Características del sistema de numeración romano. Recuperado de https://significadonumeros.com/numeros-romanos/

How to cite this article:

Nocetti, F.A. (2019). "Roman numerals". In NabbuBlog. Retrieved from http://nabbublog.blogspot.com/2019/03/roman-numerals.html