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Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals.

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Roman numerals weren’t place-value and had no symbol for zero, which made arithmetic clunkier. Zero’s invention as a number and placeholder was a major upgrade for computation and accounting.

🤯 "Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals — even Rome refused to acknowledge nothingness."

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