Er...did the Romans have a zero? I don't think they had the concept.
I used to laugh at the tortured roman numeral sequences used as we
approached the the end of the last millenium, to represent the year. I
was assured that these 'followed the rules' - I used to point out that
the numerals were designed to be incised in stone and the rule would
have been - 'shortest form is best'.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 18/05/2010, at 7:24 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Where were you guys when the Romans needed you? And where's the zero?
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