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From: ok@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Richard A. O'Keefe)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal,comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Convert Integer to Roman
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Date: 15 Mar 93 07:26:53 GMT
References: <1993Mar10.181122.8706@Rapnet.Sanders.Lockheed.Com>
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Date: 1993-03-15T07:26:53+00:00
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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.