| − | To write large numbers, like for instance five thousand, [[Romans]] would not use MMMMM. Rather, they would write V and put a bar over it. A bar over a letter represents one thousand times that letter. | + | To write large numbers, like for instance five thousand, [[Roman]]s would not use MMMMM. Rather, they would write V and put a bar over it. A bar over a letter represents one thousand times that letter. |