Roman Numerals

Roman Numerals

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Roman numerals were essentially a shorthand form of counting with fingers or notches on a stick: Useful for keeping a record of countable quantities, such as the number of sheep in a flock.
However, it was an inherently inefficient numbering notation prone to creating very long scripts and very difficult for use in mathematical operations.
As society advanced there was a growing need to describe increasingly large numbers; partly resolved through some “tricks” of shorthand notations.
In the western world, the step change to a better (middle-eastern) system only occurred in 1202.

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