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In all practicality the ancient Romans had no real reasons for such large numbers inasmuch that the early Roman numeral system once contained only six symbols in it which were D C L X V and I. For 1,000 it once was (I) later changed to M.

Nevertheless, the Roman numeral system was and still is capable of such large numbers by means of brackets and superscripts in a similar manner that we use exponents today as the following shows:-

X(DLX)C(V)L which means 1,000*560*100+1,000*5+50-10 = 56,005,040

The real rules governing the original Roman numeral system were changed during the Middle Ages and still remain the same as we know them today. As for example the equivalent next year of 2014 into Roman numerals will be mistakingly worked out as MMXIV. Whereas in fact the Romans would have worked out the equivalent of 2014 on an abacus counting device as MMXIIII and then probably abridged them to IMMXV in written format thus using less numerals yet retaining their same values.

Furthermore, under no circumstances whatsoever would the religious Romans ever write out the equivalent of 4 as IV but instead used IIII because they considered it to be an insult to their main god Jupiter whose Latin name begins with IV thus reducing their god to a number and not a name. This superstition still continues today because most clocks and watches with Roman numeral faces still use IIII instead of IV,

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The number 56005040 cannot be written in Roman numerals as it exceeds the limits of the Roman numeral system, which is based on a combination of seven basic symbols.

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