Roman numerals
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Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages. Like many other ancient numeral syst
Roman numerals on stern of the ship Cutty Sark showing draught in feet. The numbers range from 13 to 22, from bottom to top.
A clock face with the Roman numerals typical for clocks, in Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany
Epitaph of centurion Marcus Caelius, showing "XIIX"
Padlock used on the north gate of the Irish town of Athlone. "1613" in the date is rendered XVIXIII, (literally "16, 13") instead of MDCXIII.
Greek numerals
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Greek numerals, also known as Ionic, Ionian, Milesian, or Alexandrian numerals, is a system of writing numbers using the letters of the Greek alphabet. In modern Greece, they are still used for ordina
Roman numerals
…of the Italian Republic (or more commonly the "XVIII Legislature"). A notable exception to the use of Roman numerals in Europe is in Greece, where Greek numerals (based on the Greek alphabet) are generally used in contexts where Roman numerals would be used elsewhere. The "Number Forms" block of the Unicode…
Tribute list using attic numerals, 430s BC.
Example of the early Greek symbol for zero (lower right corner) from a 2nd-century papyrus