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#76095. Asked by socom3. (Feb 19 07 8:57 PM)
gman89
My best educated guess is that the Romans wanted a numbering style that pertained to their alphabet, not the Etruscans' alphabet. Etruscan numerals did in fact inspire Roman numerals, so logically the necessary changes were made to accommodate the Roman alphabet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals#Origins
Feb 19 07, 9:19 PM
fun_person
it's because they probably wanted it to be in the alphabet
I = i
X = x
V = v
'1' I
'2' II
'3' III
'4' IIII
'5' V
'6' IV(not sure)
'7' IIV(or VII)
'8' VIII(or IIIV)
'9' IX(or XI)
'10' X
'11' (opposite way of number 9)
'12' XII(or IIX
'15' XV
Feb 24 07, 11:34 AM
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