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You might find yourself walking downtown one day and notice on an old building a series of letters chiseled into the stone next to the building's name. This was a common practice in the early to mid 20th century when erecting buildings to giving them a name and a date of construction. However, the date isn't obvious sometimes because it is written in Roman numerals. This practice is one of a number of modern uses of Roman numerals, the practice of which dates back to before Christ in terms of human history. Home Initial History The beginning of people using Roman numerals suffers from a lack of documentation or record in early history. It wasn't as if one day Samulus Romanus decided he would make a note on rock that his 14 sheep were suddenly represented by the symbols "XIV." Instead, as in most cultures and early civilizations, Roman numerals started with necessity. People needed some common method of counting that everyone in the nearby area agreed upon. This was essential for communication and, more importantly, trade. Counting among the early Romans basically focused on a group of 10 items. Not surprisingly, this corresponded with the number of fingers on a person's two hands. However, the number of things can easily surpass the number of fingers available and did so in those days as well. Thus the beginning of numerals was started to help count units beyond 10. In simple, rudimentary style "I" worked for one unit or one finger. "V" represented a hand or five fingers. And "X" equaled the same value as two hands. So now Samulus and his sheep could get to 1, 5, 10 and 15. However, Samulus only had 14 sheep. Some method had to be developed for those units in between one finger, and hand, and two hands. In addition, Samulus' cousin Ramus raised the problem in the village of what happens when a person has nothing, or "zero." Smarter minds focused first on the units in between which could be seen and touched rather than a concept that was not there at all. Soon enough, the early Romans designed a system that counted in between and could repeat itself with a rearrangement of the same basic symbols. I - IX Fall of Rome Middle Ages Modern use A brief history of Roman Numerals Copyright 2010 XIV.org Privacy policy
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