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Re: question about roman numerals



I haven't figured out what the first C is for, but the cIc is 1000 (cI>
below) and the Icc is 600 (I> and c). So it is 1694 like you said.  The
first C appears to be 100, but I don't know what that would mean.

"Response #: 2 of 3 Author: rcwinther According to the Encyclopedia
Americana, the Romans used a symbol that looks like a backward "C" (which
was called an apostrophus) to represent large numbers. (I will use a ">" for
this symbol in what follows.) For example, before they used "M" (which
probably came from their word "mille," meaning a thousand) they used "CI>"
for 1000 and "I>" (which eventually became "D") for 500. Then CCI>> meant
10,000 and CCCI>>> meant 100,000, and so on; I>> meant 5000, I>>> meant
50,000, etc."

http://newton.dep.anl.gov/newton/askasci/1995/math/MATH044.HTM

Anita

----- Original Message -----
From: Pope, Barbara <bpope@MAIL.STLCOP.EDU>
To: <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 11:27 AM
Subject: question about roman numerals
> The publication date reads:
>
> C cIc Icc XCIV
>
> I know that the last part, XCIV, is 94, but the part I am having trouble
> with are the second and third parts.

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