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[ISMARIA PENA]

how do you write 8-25-1985 in roman numerial?

[Ethel]

8 = VIII

2 = XXV

1985 = MCMLXXXV

A bit much for a tattoo, don't you think?

[Ethel]

Sorry - typo

25 = XXV

[dot.hawkes]

are you foreign then? 25-8-1985 would be the British way,

[YvonneM]

Obviously north american my birthday is 911 which we would say llth of the 9th

[bernardo]

I do not understand the question from dot.hawkes: "are you foreign then? 25-8-1985 would be the British way". The questionner did not in any way ask about, or mention, anything to do with dates. The question asked about roman numerals, not dates.

[Rufio]

Bernardo you do understand the question, who couldn't? You just dont understand why she asked it, although i'd say its pretty obvious she's just curious.

[Octavius]

In true Roman it would be written as:

A.D. VIII KAL. SEPT

In terms we would probably understand:

xxv AVG. MCMLXXXV

In very basic terms:

In respect of your specific request :

viii - XV - MCMLXXXV

[Octavius]

botheration, last one should be.....

viii - XXV - MCMLXXXV

[Octavius]

I should perhaps explain, for the purists, that I have used the first term for the counting method that Romans used in the context of days,

ante diem VIII Kalendas September
(Elighth Day to the Kalends of September)

rather than the naming of days for festivals:

August 25th was called The Opiconsivia. This day is sacred to Ops Consivia, or the earth-goddess, and is associated with the god Consus, but is considered to be the wife of Saturn. The shrine to Ops Consivia was located in the Regia and on this day the Vestal Virgins would have opened the room of sacred objects and performed rites unknown. The purpose of the rites was to ensure the fertility of the earth.

The Council of Nicea, in Greece, met this day in 325 and decided which books would form the Gospels and the New Testament, and which gospels and books would be excluded or destroyed. Among the losers were the Gospel of Thomas and the mystic revelation of John.

[brachiopod]

If the '8' refers to the eighth month (ie. October), then isn't it;

ante diem viii Kalendas Novembris MCMLXXXV ??


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