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Entry: Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_sailing_the_wine_dark_sea#2665 Post contents: For George's info, when the Romans did math they used something very similar to an abacus (now lost) and they were very efficient with it. They seem to have preferred to write out their numbers in words. The actual "Roman numerals" were relatively rarely used. Sent at: 2008 07 06