From: ok@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Richard A. O'Keefe)
Subject: Re: Convert Integer to Roman
Date: 15 Mar 93 07:26:53 GMT
Date: 1993-03-15T07:26:53+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <17030@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1993Mar10.181122.8706@Rapnet.Sanders.Lockheed.Com
In article <1993Mar10.181122.8706@Rapnet.Sanders.Lockheed.Com>, cupak@rapnet.sanders.lockheed.com (John J Cupak Jr CCP) writes:
> -- The Romans had no concept of fractions and so all their numerals were
> -- integers. At the time their system was initiated, one thousand was as large
> -- as could be conceived and was given the letter M (Magna = large).
What _do_ they teach them at school these days?
M = "mille" = "thousand", just as
C = "centum" = "hundred" (though oddly enough Latin is not a kentum language).
See any good Latin-English dictionary.
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1993-03-10 18:11 Convert Integer to Roman John J Cupak Jr CCP
1993-03-11 16:37 ` Mark A. Breland
1993-03-15 7:26 ` Richard A. O'Keefe [this message]
1993-03-18 14:23 ` TSRs Mark
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