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In today's modern terms 99 in Roman numerals is XCIX.

But in times past the Romans themselves would have probably calculated 99 on an abacus counting device as LXXXXVIIII and then wrote it out in the simplified form of IC (-1+100 = 99) In fact the Latin word for 99 is "undecentum" which literally means one from a hundred.

Today's rules governing the Roman numeral system were introduced during the Middle Ages but that was centuries after the disappearance of the Roman Empire.

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Q: Which is correct in roman numeral xcix for 99 or ic for 99?
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