Learn how to convert any calendar date (birthday, wedding, anniversary, celebration, the current day) to Roman numerals. Convert each date component separately, as if they were simple numbers: the month (it is a number between 1 and 12), the day (a number between 1 and 31) and the year (a numbers between 1 and 9999).

1: Break the number down into place value subgroups (decompose it).

2: Convert each subgroup.

3: Wrap up (construct) the Roman numeral.

• I = 1 (one); V = 5 (five);

• X = 10 (ten); L = 50 (fifty);

• C = 100 (one hundred);

• D = 500 (five hundred);

• M = 1,000 (one thousand);

• • For writing dates in the future:

  • (*) V = 5,000 or |V| = 5,000 (five thousand); see below why we prefer: (V) = 5,000.

  • (*) X = 10,000 or |X| = 10,000 (ten thousand); see below why we prefer: (X) = 10,000.

Note 1: (*) These numbers were written either with an overline (a bar above the number) or between two vertical lines (two vertical bars).

Note 2 (*) Instead we prefer to write these larger numerals between brackets "()" since: 1) when compared to the overline - it is more accessible to computer users; 2) when compared to the vertical line - it avoids any confusion between the vertical line "|" and the Roman numeral "I" (one).

• So, (V) = 5,000 and (X) = 10,000.

Note 3: (*) Romans were not using right from the beginning numbers larger than 3,999, so they initially had no representation for numbers like:

• 5,000 = (V), 10,000 = (X), 50,000 = (L), 100,000 = (C), 500,000 = (D), or 1,000,000 = (M).

These larger numerals were added later to the system and various different notations were used for them, not necessarily the ones above.

For a long time, the maximum number that could be written using Roman numerals was:

• MMMCMXCIX = 3,999. .

I. The set of the basic symbols of the Roman numerals

II. The rule of the repetition of the Roman numerals

III. The groups of the Roman numerals written in subtractive notation

IV. The additive notation of the Roman numerals

How to convert the Hindu-Arabic numbers to Roman numerals: breaking down the numbers into place value subgroups

Examples of converting Hindu-Arabic numbers to Roman numerals

The list of the first 100 Roman numerals: the Roman numerals from 1 to 100

The list of the first 1,000 Roman numerals: the Roman numerals from 1 to 1,000

I. Addition. Learn by an example how to add the Roman numerals the right way, like the Romans were calculating, without the use of the Hindu-Arabic numbers. Steps, explanations

II. Subtraction. Learn by an example how to subtract the Roman numerals the right way, like the Romans were calculating, without the use of the Hindu-Arabic numbers. Steps, explanations

III. Addition and subtraction. Learn by an example how to add and subtract the Roman numerals the right way, like the Romans were calculating, without the use of the Hindu-Arabic numbers. Steps, explanations