(NEXSTAR) – Aside from fancy timepieces and the occasional film franchise, Roman numerals are rarely used over Arabic numbers in modern American culture. Of course, there’s one other major exception: ...

Super Bowl 59, officially known as Super Bowl LIX, will kick off on Sunday night at 6:30 p.m. ET from New Orleans' Superdome. The use of Roman numerals in the event's name is a tradition that dates ...

If we didn't have a pope and we didn't have a Super Bowl, we might never use these fancy numbers at all. Then again, maybe we would. Pope Benedict XVI has left the Vatican. Love the Catholic Church or ...

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Got that? Good. Then we get to how they're written: it starts with the biggest number, and the Is (ones) go up to three (like LIII equals 53) or they get added on to V (5) to make six (VI), seven (VII ...

This year's version of the NFL's biggest game is Super Bowl LIX — or Super Bowl 59, if you're not well versed in Roman ...

It's Super Bowl week, but what edition of the game is it? The Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers will play for the Lombardi Trophy on Sunday in the latest version of the NFL's title game. The ...

I’m not a big football fan, but I’m looking forward to the Super Bowl this year. So is most of the nation, if last year’s viewership of 96.4 million people is any indication. For one brief evening on ...

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(WHTM) — The Eagles are headed to Super Bowl LIX. But, you may have wondered, why isn’t it just Super Bowl 59? Bob Moore, historian for the Kansas City Chiefs told the Associated Press in 2012, “the ...

53. L is the Roman numeral for 50, followed by III for three. So why does the NFL use Roman numerals at all? Due to the fact that each Super Bowl is played at the beginning of a new year, using a ...