The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each version of the game, which can confuse viewers trying to read the old numerical system.

How to read Roman numerals Roman numerals use the letters of the alphabet to tell the number. The higher the number, the higher the combination. Here's what the symbols are for the numbers 1 ...

How to read Roman numerals Roman numerals use the letters of the alphabet, which are then used in combination the higher the number. The symbols for numbers 1-10 are as follows: 1 - I 2 - II 3 ...

In the 6th century BCE, the Greek alphabet used 24 letters. To make numbers, the Greeks added three more symbols ( accounts differ as to whether these were resurrected older letters or newly designed ...

How To Read Roman Numerals Roman numerals use symbols—letters of the alphabet—in a system of numerical notation based on the ancient Roman method.

Super Bowl week is back, which means Roman numerals are once again at the forefront of the public consciousness. As one of the only institutions that still uses Roman numerals, the NFL's choice ...

This week calls for some throwback thinking. If you can recall how Roman numerals work, you'll get at least one question correct.

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Eli Burnstein humorously imagines an ancient Roman’s impassioned defense of Roman numerals against the threat of newfangled Arabic numerals.

"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.