Roman Numerals

[nq:1]I am used to the use of Roman numerals to date films and TV shows. But, I have noticed that no one ever used: MIM for 1999 Or MVM, MXM or MLM Wnat about IL? Are these valid Roman numberals?[/nq]
Wikipedia has an explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman numerals

[nq:2]I am used to the use of Roman numerals to ... or MLM Wnat about IL? Are these valid Roman numberals?[/nq]
[nq:1]Wikipedia has an explanation: numerals[/nq]
Interesting, but it doesn't explain the OP's question.

john2

[nq:2]Wikipedia has an explanation: numerals[/nq]
[nq:1]Interesting, but it doesn't explain the OP's question.[/nq]
... unless you read it.

[nq:1]I am used to the use of Roman numerals to date films and TV shows. But, I have noticed that no one ever used: MIM for 1999 Or MVM, MXM or MLM Wnat about IL? Are these valid Roman numberals?[/nq]
I'm no expert on the rules for Roman Numerals, but I've never seen any of those used. I have seen IV, IX, XL, XC, and CM. I don't recall ever seeing CD, but I would expect it to be valid because

[nq:1]Interesting, but it doesn't explain the OP's question.[/nq]
Interesting? It sure is:
"Rules regarding Roman numerals often state that a symbol representing 10-to-the-power-x may not precede any symbol larger than 10-to-the-power-x+1. For example, C cannot be preceded by I or V, only by X (or, of course, by a symbol representing a value larger than C). Thus, one should represent the n

[nq:1]For example, C cannot be preceded by I or V, only by X (or, of course, by a symbol representing a value larger than C).[/nq]
.. or L, I think.
Cheers,
Daniel.

[nq:2]For example, C cannot be preceded by I or V, only by X (or, of course, by a symbol representing a value larger than C).[/nq]
[nq:1].. or L, I think.[/nq]
Roman practice was by no means uniform, but I understand from The Oxford Classical Dictionary that in general they seem to have preferred the additive versions to the subtractive ones, especially in official use. There are even such

[nq:1]ObAUE. I see that OCD uses "Numbers" as a headword, not "Numerals". This makes me uncomfortable, as I don't think ... I even nearly gave up the search on finding that "Numerals" wasn't there. Is this distinction unnecessary, or even wrong?[/nq]
Isn't a numeral a number or a letter standing in for a grade? So a 12 bore fires 00 whilst a pigeon scarer fires CH4 or C2H6. And VI represents 1

[nq:1]ObAUE. I see that OCD uses "Numbers" as a headword, not "Numerals". This makes me uncomfortable, as I don't think ... I even nearly gave up the search on finding that "Numerals" wasn't there. Is this distinction unnecessary, or even wrong?[/nq]
Mike, I think (and I may be wrong since I didn't look anything up before plunging ahead) numerals are a subset of numbers.

Numbers: Two,

[nq:1]Numbers: Two, 16, one-third, six-to-the-second-power, google[/nq]
"google"? That is a misspelling.
The big number is googol: 1 followed by 100 zeros. Google, the company name, is an accidental misspelling of googol.
Peter Duncanson
UK (posting from a.e.u)