Comment on Ethiopian MultiplicationparentComments−regularfry14yThe interesting part is that Romans wouldn't have written 24 as XXIV. They'd have written it as XXIIII, which makes it much simpler because you only ever go left to right..−einhverfr14ythe Romans, IIRC were extremely inconsistent. Sometimes, for example, you see IIXX for 18. However either way it represents a place on a tally stick.
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The interesting part is that Romans wouldn't have written 24 as XXIV. They'd have written it as XXIIII, which makes it much simpler because you only ever go left to right..
the Romans, IIRC were extremely inconsistent. Sometimes, for example, you see IIXX for 18. However either way it represents a place on a tally stick.