Show numeration IN OLD TIMES both greek and latin writers were careless about the them value of high numerals in ancient times there u MS uis is no peculiar pecullar carefulness about tl e value of hiah nimer n il the later I 1 latin las writers differentiate differentia tel I 1 more precisely though even amon item vern we find trues of the same came loo looseness senes wl ich ti tie e greek authors awed for instance in the woi wold d myrta 11 I 1 which me mt int eitt er ten thousand or a great multitude ao tl it e latin v word ord inelle tor for a tl thousand r a luige number the sense sene being gathered sometimes by the case employed in tle tt e governed go arned word how ever the letter M wis uis commonly employed to represent sent 1000 1 in what Is wn now as the roman numeration MM AINT meant thou ands I 1 iseli or two tt if usand if intended to be use I 1 precisely A dash over the al changed ita its alue value from a thousand to i million or probably to an exceedingly high number tw two 0 M Ms s with a dish dagh 0 over er both might reid simply millions and millions if t employed or it vi ith precision sin ply two millions |