2002-03-09 You would not learn them at the University level, but somewhere in your childhood years, maybe your 3-rd school year. When did you start attending German schools? What school year and what age?
It doesn't hurt to know them. This way you can read the dates on older buildings. In post Roman times, I can't see where they were ever used, other than for dates. Never in math. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wizard of OS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2002-03-09 06:25 Subject: [USMA:18628] Re: Fwd: Even astrologers are at it now!! > I've never been thought Romanic #s here in german school > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Louis JOURDAN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 7:18 AM > Subject: [USMA:18627] Re: Fwd: Even astrologers are at it now!! > > > At 12:55 -0800 02/03/8, M R wrote: > >If "miles" were "most ancient and precious > >possession", > >then the old Roman numerals like > >I - 1 > >V - 5 > >X - 10 > >are also precious, do they want to go back to those > >numerals. By the way, do the schools in Europe teach > >these numerals still. > > Yes, mostly beacause they are still used when speaking about > centuries : " XIXe si�cle" = 19th century. > > Louis >
