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Resources on ancient mathematics.

Latin Numbers

Information on Latin numbers.

Babylonian Table of Squares

Babylonian Mathematics relies on base 60. Here is a Babylonian table of squares.

Possible Origins of Roman Numerals

The possible origins of Roman numerals and a list of Roman numerals from I to CI (1-101).

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