Unlike our position based system with base 10, the roman system is based on addition (and sometimes subtraction) of seven different values. Unicode has a code block called Number Forms, which also contains representations of Roman numerals, at the positions U+2160 to U+2188.Roman numerals originate, as the name suggests, from the Ancient Roman empire.In Poland, roman numerals are used to show the month in dates and as a short method of writing ordinals (i.e.In France, the centuries are sometimes written with Roman numerals (example : "XXe siècle" meaning "20th century", XVIIIe siècle = "18th century", etc.).Queen Elizabeth II (of England), Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, Patriarch Alexius II (of the Russian-Orthodox church) When people write about Monarchs or Popes, Patriarchs, or other leading figures, they are sometimes counted with Roman numbers, e.g.When movies or books are published, the year of publication or year of copyright may be written as a Roman numeral.The most famous examples are Final Fantasy games ( Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy X, etc.). ![]()
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