Notwithstanding today's notation of Roman numerals inasmuch that during the Roman era itself the equivalent of the above numbers were probably written out as IXX, IL, IC, ID and MCX respectively which makes addition quite straightforward as follows:-
IXX+IL = LXVIII (19+49 = 68)
LXVIII+IC = CLXVII (68+99 = 167)
CLXVII+ID = DCLXVI (167+499 = 666)
DCLXVI+MCX = MDCCLXXVI (666+1110 = 1776)
Today's rules governing the Roman numeral system were introduced during the Middle Ages presumably to make it easier to convert Roman numerals into Hindu-Arabic numerals and vice versa.
In the same way that arithmetic is useful today for many reasons
Necessity is the mother of all inventions and Roman numerals were needed in the past just for the same reasons that we still need numbers today.
Today we write out 1999 in Roman numerals as MCMXCIX because of changes made to the rules governing the Roman numeral system during the Middle Ages and to add these numerals to MDCCLXXVI is almost impossible. But the Romans themselves would have calculated 1999 on an abacus counting device as MDCCCCLXXXXVIIII and probably simplified them to IMM by placing I to both sides of the numerals. So: MDCCLXXVI + (-I+MM) = MMMDCCLXXV (3775)
Twenty sever in Roman numerals is XXVII.Twenty sever in Roman numerals is XXVII.Twenty sever in Roman numerals is XXVII.Twenty sever in Roman numerals is XXVII.Twenty sever in Roman numerals is XXVII.Twenty sever in Roman numerals is XXVII.Twenty sever in Roman numerals is XXVII.Twenty sever in Roman numerals is XXVII.Twenty sever in Roman numerals is XXVII.
For exactly the same reasons why we still need numbers today.
For exactly the same reasons why we need numbers today.
Roman numerals were inspired by Etruscan numerals of which Roman numerals originated from.
Eleven in Roman numerals is XI.Eleven in Roman numerals is XI.Eleven in Roman numerals is XI.Eleven in Roman numerals is XI.Eleven in Roman numerals is XI.Eleven in Roman numerals is XI.Eleven in Roman numerals is XI.Eleven in Roman numerals is XI.Eleven in Roman numerals is XI.
For exactly the same reasons why numbers are stillimportant to us today.
MMXIIII as the alternate (on clocks for example) version of number 4 is IIII
In Roman numerals 522 would be DXXII.In Roman numerals 522 would be DXXII.In Roman numerals 522 would be DXXII.In Roman numerals 522 would be DXXII.In Roman numerals 522 would be DXXII.In Roman numerals 522 would be DXXII.In Roman numerals 522 would be DXXII.In Roman numerals 522 would be DXXII.In Roman numerals 522 would be DXXII.
No. The numbers they represent will have some significance, but the numerals themselves are purely decorative, mostly used for traditional or historical reasons.