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 ...

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.

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 ...

While Roman numerals (unsurprisingly) date back to ancient Rome, they are used in many facets of society beyond the Super Bowl, including on clocks, watches and to identify kings, queens and popes.

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 ...

Roman numerals are, by modern standards ... One of those is in time keeping, in which many clocks use the classical numerals instead of the more popular Arabic replacements.

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 ...

While Roman numerals (unsurprisingly) date back to ancient Rome, they are used in many facets of society beyond the Super Bowl, including on clocks, watches and to identify kings, queens and popes.