Did the Romans have a number for zero?
The Roman number system was flawed. It had no zero (0) and no single method for counting above several thousand units. Lines were often placed over numerals to indicate multiples of their value.
In Rome the word nulla (the Latin word meaning "none") was used in lieu of zero. Also, it was used in other societies until the medieval ages. Dionysius Exiguus, a 6th-century monk, in 525 AD was known to use nulla alongside Roman numerals.
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88 Comments
JRW
marilynmitri, actually we use Hindu-Arabic numerals!
marilynmitri
It was a very weighty way to do math. The Arabs invented the concept of zero, designated by a dot. We use Arabic numerals to this day.
Mario Cutolo
Nulla is Italian for nill.
Sasa Djordjevic
The first time or second -negation (or -meaning false) in this quz,,very rare..
bfunky
Huh, seems to me that nulla was the Roman zero
And the answer would be yes
lol just going off of what was said.
Ludwina Lang
Nulla is still a zero in Italian.
Tara Dhar Hasnain
The concept of zero, 'shunya', is said to ahve originated with Indian Mathematicians.
tinaloflin
Chriss Crockford, Yes!!
tinaloflin
Nulla. That's interesting. I didn't know that!!
johnpburkhardt
Dan Diffley, The
Mayans had negative numbers
honeyjackson
Always something new I learn!👍😊
wjlj
I answered correctly. However the question is flawed because Roman numerals are Not numbers to begin with. Roman numerals are letters. For instance the Letter V represents the Number 5 and Letter X represents 10 a numeral.
Personally i like Roman numerals or perhaps by my own words Roman numeral letters LOL.
Thank you Bill
ronwellings
So if AB lived in Roman times they wouldn't have known how to associate zero to reflect his IQ score!
Vladimir Orozco
I believe that was the Hindu culture that use the “cero” adopted by the Arabs in their mathematical system, that is the one use worldwide.
Mohan Krishnan
Got it correct