Why do some analog clocks with Roman numerals have '4' as 'IV,' while others have 'IIII'? This is one of those questions where no one seems to have a definitive answer, and probably no one ever will.

Roman numerals are a numeral system which was used in Ancient Rome. It uses letters instead of numbers to represent values. You may have seen Roman numerals on clocks and on TV or film credits.

Roman numerals are, by modern standards, a bit unusual. By virtue of using designations for both 5 and 10, and not scaling well to higher numbers, they’ve fallen out of favor outside of some … ...

Super Bowl, the NFL's championship game, has used Roman numerals since Super Bowl V in 1971, a tradition introduced by NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle. This practice helps avoid confusion between ...

The NFL is dropping its tradition of Roman numbers this year, opting to officially call the game Super Bowl 50.

The Roman numerals were adopted to clarify any confusion that may occur because the NFL Championship Game—the Super Bowl—is played in the year following a chronologically recorded season.

Ask someone to draw the face of an old grandfather clock with the Roman numerals placed correctly. Most of the numbers are easy — either IIII or IV is correct as the Roman numeral representing 4.

The Oakland Raiders organization appears to be thumbing its nose once again at the National Football League by refusing to conform to league-wide marketing efforts for Super Bowl 50.

His latest addition, is the Tamil numerals wall clock. “I worked on this idea for 10 years before it became a reality,” says the Coimbatore-based 40-year-old, speaking about the clock.

Above the fire in the sitting room is a very ornate clock, which looks to be gold or gold plated, and features Roman numerals on the face.