From jfsiege@ilstu.edu Sun Mar 3 15:50:31 2002 Received: from mailscan2.cac.washington.edu (mailscan2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.16]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.01) with SMTP id g23NoSnJ161300 for ; Sun, 3 Mar 2002 15:50:28 -0800 Received: FROM mxu1.u.washington.edu BY mailscan2.cac.washington.edu ; Sun Mar 03 15:50:28 2002 -0800 Received: from merlin.ilstu.edu (merlin.ilstu.edu [138.87.4.8]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.01) with ESMTP id g23NoRc6030701 for ; Sun, 3 Mar 2002 15:50:28 -0800 Received: from jfsieg (line193067.ras.ilstu.edu [138.87.193.67]) by merlin.ilstu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA13008 for ; Sun, 3 Mar 2002 17:50:34 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <003701c1c30e$370ad5e0$43c1578a@cas.ilstu.edu> From: "janice siegel" To: References: <02fd01c1c30b$efe67900$c003a5d8@computer> Subject: Re: Roman Numerals...follow up question Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 17:50:34 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0034_01C1C2DB.EB4B6DE0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01C1C2DB.EB4B6DE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Here's a follow-up question to Diana's... My Greek language students asked me how the Greeks wrote their = numbers...clearly they didn't use Roman numerals...they didn't use = Arabic ones, right? So how did they do their math, with what kind of = notation? Cheers, Janice ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Diana Wright=20 To: Classics=20 Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 5:34 PM Subject: Roman Numerals I have the feeling this is something that everyone knows except me. I was reading an inscription on a dignified building & got to = wondering how the Romans said their numbers. Like MCCCXXVII -- I say = em-cee-cee-cee-ex-ex-vee-ai-ai, but I'm fairly sure they didn't. DW ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01C1C2DB.EB4B6DE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Here's a follow-up question to=20 Diana's...
 
My Greek language students asked me how = the Greeks=20 wrote their numbers...clearly they didn't use Roman numerals...they = didn't=20 use Arabic ones, right? So how did they do their math, with what = kind of=20 notation?
Cheers, Janice
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From:=20 Diana Wright =
Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 = 5:34=20 PM
Subject: Roman Numerals

I have the feeling this is something = that=20 everyone knows except me.
 
I was reading an inscription on a = dignified=20 building & got to wondering how the Romans said their = numbers. =20 Like  MCCCXXVII -- I say em-cee-cee-cee-ex-ex-vee-ai-ai, but I'm = fairly=20 sure they didn't.

DW
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