How Did the Romans Write Fractions with Numerals? @TheFallofRome

Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

The Romans famously used Roman Numerals to express numbers, but anyone who has played around with them has very likely quickly concluded that doing any sort of in-depth math with them is difficult. And yet, we know the Romans did math, including utilizing fractions. So how did they do it ?

$How Did the Romans Write Fractions with Numerals? The Romans famously used Roman Numerals to express numbers, but anyone who has played around with them has very likely quickly concluded that doing any sort of in-depth math with them is difficult. And yet, we know the Romans did math, including utilizing fractions. So how did they do it ?$

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