early numbers and found on clocks, superbowl, etc. The Roman numerals are important to students of world history because they are used after a ruler's name if there are more than one ruler with the same name. For example, in ancient Egypt there were fifteen kings with the name Ptolemy and only their Roman number after their name could denote the one you need to know about. Great Britain has had six kings named George and the same applies to them.
One of my students (aged 8) asked me today why is World War 2 always written with roman numerals? I don't know the answer but what a great question! Please help.
Roman numerals weren't even used outside Europe so I hardly consider them being used in "everyday life" of the average human. Roman numerals used a primitive and inconvenient system which was easily replaced by the Hindu-Arabic numerals that are now standard in the modern world.
No, they are not.
Oh, dude, the letter "O" doesn't actually exist in Roman numerals. It's like, the Roman numeral system goes from I to X to C to M, but there's no "O" in there. So, if you see an "O" in Roman numerals, it's probably just someone messing with you.
There are no problems in calculating Roman numerals as one of the mightiest Empires in the ancient world found them quite easy because a zero symbol wasn't required for positional place value purposes as the positional place value of the numerals are self evident.
World War II
Yes as well as in other parts of the world.
One of my students (aged 8) asked me today why is World War 2 always written with roman numerals? I don't know the answer but what a great question! Please help.
Roman numerals are the numerical element of the Latin language which is still spoken today and was the language spoken by the ancient Romans who once conquered most of the known world at the time.
Roman numerals weren't even used outside Europe so I hardly consider them being used in "everyday life" of the average human. Roman numerals used a primitive and inconvenient system which was easily replaced by the Hindu-Arabic numerals that are now standard in the modern world.
No, they are not.
He is an important part of Roman history. In the jigsaw of History, take Julius Caesar out, and you would have a piece of the historical history of the world - missing.
Modern Romans use Roman numerals about as infrequently as the rest of the western world. Arabic numerals was much easier to use for all purposes, so the old Roman numerals are used only in formal notices like foundation stones, and often, not even then. In ancient times, before Arabic numerals were introduced to Europe, the ancient Romans used Roman numerals for all activities that required counting or arithmetic. That included commercial transactions, accounting (such as it was), calendars, etc.
Oh, dude, the letter "O" doesn't actually exist in Roman numerals. It's like, the Roman numeral system goes from I to X to C to M, but there's no "O" in there. So, if you see an "O" in Roman numerals, it's probably just someone messing with you.
it is important because it is in world history
No. They are used in many parts of the world for various purposes.
There are no problems in calculating Roman numerals as one of the mightiest Empires in the ancient world found them quite easy because a zero symbol wasn't required for positional place value purposes as the positional place value of the numerals are self evident.