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ezapf | 00:58 Thu 21st Apr 2005 | Science
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What is 3.14 in Roman numerals?
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I could be wrong, but I don't think decimals were around when the romans were.

First recorded use of decimal point circa 1550.

The Romans didn't have 'zero' either.

The probable answer is 'PI' which is 3.14 ......... to infinity
They probably used the same symbol as the Greeks - π
XXII div by VII

Apparently there was a rather crude concept of fractions which were written out:

http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.roman.html#calc

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