Roman numerals are numbers that used to be used instead of the numbers today. They are letters that stand for numbers.
Examples:
III : 3
V : 5
XI : 11
LX : 60
It was the Etruscans, who once ruled the Romans, that invented Roman numerals. The Romans then began to use the Etruscan numeral system with some modifications
Roman numerals were created by the Etruscans who once ruled the Romans.
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The Romans started them. Another contributor's answer: The concept of numerals for counting originated from the Etruscans who once ruled the Romans.
Strange as it may seem but Roman numerals had nothing to do with the Romans because this form of numeracy was first concieved by the Etruscans who once ruled the Romans.
It was the Etruscans, who once ruled the Romans, that invented Roman numerals. The Romans then began to use the Etruscan numeral system with some modifications
Yes the numerals have the same values as in the times of the Romans but today they are calculated differently in the way that the Romans actually did themselves. For example today we would write out 1999 in Roman numerals as MCMXCIX but the Romans probably wrote it out simply as IMM (-1+2000 = 1999)
It was the ancient Romans who modified the Etruscan numerals system and the Etruscans once ruled the Romans
Roman numerals were created by the Etruscans who once ruled the Romans.
The Romans used a mathematical system based on numerals.
The Romans invented Roman Numerals.
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MMMMDCCCLXXXV.
The Romans used numerals in the same way and for the same purposes that we use them--for counting, math, and the notation of dates.