Roman mathematics

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04-28-2003, 04:00 PM

I've was challenged by a retired US Army engineer to figure out how the Romans could do large engineering projects using their math system. I have since collected all sorts of books on ancient technologies and math, but have not found a good explanation of how Romans did math. There was a website that I unfortunately lost that had an explanation of the difference between IIII and IV for example. 
 
Any suggestions would be welcome!

Richard Campbell
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia
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Roman mathematics - by richard - 04-28-2003, 04:00 PM

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