Since the Romans used a base-ten system, could it be like:  XII.V 

Did they have any realization about decimals to allow the decimal
point to differentiate between whole numbers and fractional portions?

Bill


Charles Wachter wrote:
> 
> Maybe not officially Roman but how about XIIi

> >>>How in the hell do you write 12 and a half in roman numerals?


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