Attic or herodianic numerals the ancient greek numeral system known as attic or herodianic numerals was fully developed by about 450 bce and in regular use possibly as early as the 7th century bce.
Attic or herodianic numerals.
The attics are a number system used by the early greek.
Attic numerals were used by the ancient greeks possibly from the 7th century bc.
Attic refers to the greek territory of attica while herodianic refers to aelius herodianus a grammarian of the 2ndcentury a d who.
They were also known as herodianic numerals because they were first described in a 2nd century manuscript by.
Namely the number to be represented was broken down into simple multiples 1 to 9 of powers of ten units tens hundred thousands etc.
9 the acrophonic principle was used to represent numerals in the attic notation see table 1 3.
The attic numerals were a decimal base 10 system like the older egyptian and the later etruscan roman and hindu arabic systems.
The word attic refers to the place attica which is the main city of athens.
The arithmetic operation in attic numbers seems to be difficult but the division is calculated as we calculate today.
Attic numerals were used by the ancient greeks possibly from the 7th century bc.
They were also known as herodianic numerals because they were first described in a 2nd century manuscript by herodian.
The attic numerals are a symbolic number notation used by the ancient greeks they were also known as herodianic numerals because they were first described in a 2nd century manuscript by herodian.
The ancient greek numeral system known as attic or herodianic numerals was fully developed by about 450 bce and in regular use possibly as early as the 7th century bce.
Or as acrophonic numerals from acrophony because the basic symbols derive from the first letters of the ancient greek words that the symbols represented.
Attic numerals were used by the ancient greeks possibly from the 7th century bc.