No, it's not legal. Yes, silly rules apply. I'm not sure what the exact wording of the rules are right off hand, but it seem to me that you can only (according to the rules) preface a given number by the next lower order numbers. ie..you can subtract 50 from 100 (LC) or you can subtract 10 from 100 (XC) but you can't subtract 5 from 100 (VC) or 1 from 100 (IC). You have to build Roman Numeral Numbers by order of magnitude, but the rules are not the same as for our decimal numbering system. Also, I believe there are symbols for numbers greater than 1000 (M), but I can't recall what they are right off hand either. Of course, in my experience, the need for numbers greater than 1999 have not come into use until this year. But I believe that 2000 would be MM. Does this help? Regards, Jim On Thu, 20 January 2000, John Pfaff wrote: > > Is it legal to write 1999 as MIM, or are there other silly rules that apply? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: James Paul > To: > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 10:59 am > Subject: Re: Hi from Bulgaria those anybody know about Rome Digit > > > L=50 > C=100 > M=1000 > > If a larger number is preceded by a smaller number, the smaller > number is subtracted from the larger. This rule is true after > 100. Less than 100, numbers are additive > > ie MCMLXXXXIX = 1999 > > M = 1000 > CM = 900 (1000-100) > LXXXX = 90 (50+10+10+10+10) > IX = 9 (X-1) > ---------------- > MCMLXXXXIX 1999 > > Regards, > > Jim > Jim > > > > On Thu, 20 January 2000, Ivan Dachev wrote: > > > > > I want to know the rome digit specification > > I know that > > I = 1 > > V = 5 > > X = 10 > > next I'm not sure what is it > > for 50 for 100 e.t. > > > > 10x in advance > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > > http://im.yahoo.com > > jim@jpes.com jim@jpes.com