Maybe not officially Roman but how about XIIi
Scott
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Um, Jay --
At 02:34 PM 10/19/00, you wrote:
>>>How in the hell do you write 12 and a half in roman numerals?
>>
>>XXV/II
>I think that's incorrect. They used words for fractions; so, 6/12 which
>is 1/2 would be "semis" They used parts of 12 a lot and mulitple parts of
>12....
A bit on the serious side this afternoon, are we...? ;-)
M
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