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Our alphabet is based on the Latin alphabet. The Romans spoke Latin. These are
the letters of the Roman alphabet . . . The letters K, Y and Z weren't used very
often. The letter J was the same as I, and U the same as V.
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The Romans used only 7 letters to represent all numbers . . .
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I |
V |
X |
L |
C |
D |
M |
Letters are placed before or after each other to lower or increase their value.
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IX =9 |
MXI = 1011 |
MCMLXXXVIII = 1988 |
MMII = 2006 |
Copyright © 2003 K K
Most recent revision
Tuesday, 06. May 2008 08:10:30 PM