How did the Romans pronounce roman numerals?

They used the latin word for that number (e.g.,8- or “eight “ in English would have been “Octo" in latin language used by Romans). They did not speak the letters in numbers (e.g.,”V-I-I-I") and there was no way to indicate zero ( O ) with Roman numerals. Originally Answered: How did the Romans pronounce their numerals?

1. How did Romans read numbers?
2. What does IX XII XIV mean?
3. Why is D 500 in Roman numerals?

How did Romans read numbers?

The Roman numeral system uses only seven symbols: I, V, X, L, C, D, and M. I represents the number 1, V represents 5, X is 10, L is 50, C is 100, D is 500, and M is 1,000. Different arrangements of these seven symbols represent different numbers.

What does IX XII XIV mean?

These roman numerals are I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, and X represent 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 respectively. After 10, the roman numerals are followed by XI for 11, XII for 12, XII for 13, … till XX for 20.

Why is D 500 in Roman numerals?

It's only a coincidence that mille is the Latin word for a thousand. D = 500 — The symbol for this number was originally IƆ — half of CIƆ. C = 100 — The original symbol was probably theta — Θ — and later became a C. It only coincidentally also stands for centum, the Latin word for a hundred.