The date 09-27-1988 can be written in Roman numerals as IX.XXVII.MCMLXXXVIII
They used them to tell time, to measure farm fields, and to count stuff.
the romans used roman numerals like we use numbers but not as many people could write.
Basically, yes. They were the main system of numbers used by the Romans. There were minority numeral systems in Rome, of which is still unknown.
Strictly speaking we should refer to Roman numerals as Etruscan numerals because it was the Etruscans who conceived the idea of numerals in the first place. The Etruscans once ruled the Romans and...