It has been amazing all the hopes, wishes, and expectations that the world has placed on the new Pope Leo XIV (that’s 14 for those of you who didn’t study Roman numerals in school). I had plenty of ...

It was a one-year hiatus for the Roman numerals, as Super Bowl LI returned for the 51st Super Bowl in 2017. Peyton Manning led the Denver Broncos to a 24-10 win over the Carolina Panthers on Feb ...

Roman numerals get nine by putting I, which equals 1, before X, which equals 10, to essentially indicated 10-1=9. For comparison, when I appears after X, as in XI, that indicates 10 + 1, which ...

Roman numerals, a system developed around 500 BC, use letters to represent numbers. The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles will take the field for Super Bowl LIX on Sunday.

X is 10 L is 50 C is 100 D is 500 M is 1,000 Got that? Good. Then we get to how they're written: it starts with the biggest number, and the Is (ones) go up to three (like LIII equals 53) or they ...

Roman numerals also bring a sense of prestige, tradition, and grandeur. Think Queen Elizabeth II, Pope Benedict XVI, Star Wars IV, or the elegant numerals on luxury watches.

Super Bowl, the NFL's championship game, has used Roman numerals since Super Bowl V in 1971, a tradition introduced by NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle. This practice helps avoid confusion between ...

In addition, the idea to use Roman numerals for the Super Bowl is also credited to Kansas City Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt, who believed their use would add an element of grandeur to the NFL's ...

Roman numerals. In addition to the logical use of Roman numerals, most sources agree that former Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt believed the use of Roman numerals would add to the sense of grandeur that ...

Roman numerals get nine by putting I, which equals 1, before X, which equals 10, to essentially indicated 10-1=9. For comparison, when I appears after X, as in XI, that indicates 10 + 1, which ...

The NFL opted to use the number 50 instead of "L," as designers felt the Roman numeral lacked visual appeal for marketing purposes. Roman numerals returned the following year with Super Bowl LI.