One doubtful theory holds that ancient Romans were reluctant ... whirring and chiming mechanical timepieces: The Roman numerals on most clocks are centripetal, that is, they are not horizontal ...

Do you want to win a bet? 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 ...

Except when it comes to the Super Bowl. It’s the only thing in life that seems to use Roman numerals besides old clocks. Roman numerals are so MCMLXXVI. But there’s good news for those who ...

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, unsurprisingly, date back to ancient Rome, and while they’re no longer commonplace, they do still occur outside of the Super Bowl use case: they sometimes appear on clock faces, or ...

Although the numeral system of Ancient Rome began to fall ... there are still a few instances in which Roman numerals are commonly used: on clock faces, to identify lineages -- particularly ...