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Primary Homework Help The Romans by Mandy Barrow
Celts Romans Saxons Vikings Normans Tudors Victorians WW ll 500 BC  AD 43 450 793 1066 1485 1837 1939
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Homework index Search our sites History index Romans Intro. Roman Pictures Amphitheatre Roman Army Roman Baths Centurion Roman Clothes Entertainment Famous People Gladiators Roman Gods Hadrian's Wall Roman Houses Roman Life Roman Mosaics Roman Numbers Roman Roads Roman Shields Roman slaves Roman soldiers Standard Bearers Roman Towns Roman Timeline Roman Weapons Glossary		mandybarrow.com   Roman Numbers   The Roman Numeral, as far as we know, was the only written numbering system used in Ancient Rome and Europe until about 900 AD, when the Arabic Numbering System, which was originated by the Hindu's, came into use. (The Arabic Numbers are the ones we use today 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9). Roman Numerals do not have a zero (0) and have 7 digits (I, V, X, L, C, M)  In our number system, Arabic numbers, we have ten digits (from 0-9) and we can make as big a number as we want with these. What Roman Numerals mean 1 = I 2 = II 3 = III 4 = IV 5 = V 6 = VI 7 = VII 8 = VIII 9 = IX 10 = X 20 = XX 30 = XXX 40 = XL 50 = L 60 = LX 70 = LXX 80 = LXXX 90 = XC 100 = C 500 = D 1000 = M 2000 = MM Counting with Roman Numerals Roman Numerals were not just used for counting/ recording the number of objects but also the order of people sharing the same name. Roman Numerals traditionally indicate the order of: 1. Rulers e.g.  Henry I Henry II Henry III Henry IV Henry V Henry VI Henry VII Henry VIII 2. Church leaders  Pope Benedict XV Pope Benedict XVI XV means 10+5 =15 thus, XV=15 The current (265th) pope is Pope Benedict XVI, who was elected April 19, 2005. He is the 16th pope to have the name Benedict. Other uses Roman Numerals were also used for as dating on cornerstones of buildings showing origin of a building, statutes, headstones, books publication such as in chapter titles, volume of book series, appendices, numbers on clocks and so on. Roman numbers on a clock face What is odd about the Roman numbers used on a clock or watch? If you look at four, it is IIII instead of IV. On the most famous clocks in the world - usually called Big Ben in the Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster where the UK Houses of Parliament are located, the numerals are in lower case, gothic script and the 4 is depicted as iv. Copyright at the end of programmes on the television Roman numbers are used in the copyright year shown at the end of British TV programmes. You can see an example of the current copyright date written in this way on the web at the BBCsite. e.g.   Arabic 1 5 10 50 100 500 1000 Roman I V X L C D M 1990 = MCMXC 1991 = MCMXCI 1992 = MCMXCII 1993 = MCMXCIII 1994 = MCMXCIV 1995 = MCMXCV 1996 = MCMXCVI 1997 = MCMXCVII 1998 = MCMXCVIII 1999 = MCMXCIX 2000 = MM 2001 = MMI 2002 = MMII 2003 = MMIII 2004 = MMIV 2005 = MMV 2006 = MMVI 2007 = MMVII 2008 = MMVIII 2009 = MMIX 2010 = MMX 2011 = MMXI
Sentences 1)The shop window is in front of my home. 1) The VI shop window is in front of my home. 2) We learn to play a sport. 2) We learn to play XI sports.