Editing Roman numerals (section)

===Modern use in European languages other than English===
Some uses that are rare or never seen in English-speaking countries may be relatively common in parts of [[continental Europe]] and in other regions (e.g. [[Latin America]]) that use a European language other than English. For instance:

Capital or [[Small caps|small capital]] Roman numerals are widely used in [[Romance languages]] to denote {{strong|centuries}}, e.g. the French ''{{lang|fr|{{Smallcaps|xviii}}<sup>e</sup> siècle}}''<ref>{{Cite book |title=Lexique des règles typographiques en usage à l'imprimerie nationale |date=March 2011 |publisher=[[Imprimerie nationale]] |isbn=978-2-7433-0482-9 |edition=6th |location=Paris |pages=126 |language=fr}} ''On composera en chiffres romains petites capitales les nombres concernant : ↲ 1. Les siècles.''</ref> and the Spanish ''{{lang|es|siglo {{Smallcaps|xviii}}}}'' (not ''{{lang|es|{{Smallcaps|xviii}} siglo}}'') for "18th century". Some Slavic and Turkic languages (especially in and adjacent to Russia) similarly favour Roman numerals (e.g. Russian {{lang|ru|XVIII век}}, Azeri {{lang|az|XVIII əsr}} or Polish {{lang|pl|wiek XVIII}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=cyfry arabskie a zapis wieku |url=https://poradnia-jezykowa.uni.lodz.pl/faq/cyfry-arabskie-a-zapis-wieku/ |first=Katarzyna |last=Burska |website=Poradnia językowa Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego |publisher=University of Łódź |language=pl |trans-title=Arabic digits when formatting centuries}}</ref>). On the other hand, in [[Turkish language|Turkish]] and some [[Central Europe|Central European]] Slavic languages, like most [[Germanic languages]], one writes "18." (with a period) before the local word for "century" (e.g. Turkish {{lang|tr|18. yüzyıl}}, Czech {{lang|cs|18. století}}).

[[File:Yeltsin-authograph-1988.gif|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Boris Yeltsin]]'s signature, dated 10 November 1988, rendered as 10.{{rn|XI}}.'88.]]

Mixed Roman and Arabic numerals are sometimes used in numeric representations of dates (especially in formal letters and official documents, but also on tombstones). The {{strong|month}} is written in Roman numerals, while the day is in Arabic numerals: "4.{{rn|VI}}.1789" and "{{rn|VI}}.4.1789" both refer unambiguously to 4 June 1789.

[[File:DarboLaikas.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|left|Business hours table on a shop window in [[Vilnius]], Lithuania.]]

Roman numerals are sometimes used to represent the {{strong|days of the week}} in hours-of-operation signs displayed in windows or on doors of businesses,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beginners latin |url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/latin/beginners/dating/default.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203092331/http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/latin/beginners/dating/default.htm |archive-date=3 December 2013 |access-date=1 December 2013 |website=nationalarchives.gov.uk}}</ref> and sometimes in railway and bus timetables. Monday, taken as the first day of the week, is represented by {{rn|I}}. Sunday is represented by {{rn|VII}}. The hours of operation signs are tables composed of two columns where the left column is the day of the week in Roman numerals and the right column is a range of hours of operation from starting time to closing time. In the example case (left), the business opens from 10 AM to 7 PM on weekdays, 10 AM to 5 PM on Saturdays and is [[Sunday shopping|closed on Sundays]]. Note that the listing uses 24-hour time.

[[File:S6002447 cropped.jpg|thumb|Sign at 17.9 km on route SS4 [[Via Salaria|Salaria]], north of Rome, Italy.]]

Roman numerals may also be used for [[floor numbering]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roman Arithmetic |url=http://turner.faculty.swau.edu/mathematics/materialslibrary/roman/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131122162120/http://turner.faculty.swau.edu/mathematics/materialslibrary/roman/ |archive-date=22 November 2013 |access-date=1 December 2013 |publisher=[[Southwestern Adventist University]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Roman Numerals History |url=http://romannumerals.info/roman-numerals-history/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203091427/http://romannumerals.info/roman-numerals-history/ |archive-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=usurped |access-date=1 December 2013}}</ref> For instance, apartments in central [[Amsterdam]] are indicated as 138-{{rn|III}}, with both an Arabic numeral (number of the block or house) and a Roman numeral (floor number). The apartment on the ground floor is indicated as {{lang|nl|138-huis}}.

In Italy, where roads outside built-up areas have [[Milestone|kilometre signs]], major roads and motorways also mark 100-metre subdivisionals, using Roman numerals from {{rn|I}} to {{rn|IX}} for the smaller intervals. The sign {{sfrac|{{rn|IX}}|17}} thus marks 17.9&nbsp;km.

Certain romance-speaking countries use Roman numerals to designate assemblies of their national legislatures. For instance, the composition of the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Parliament of Italy|Parliament]] from 2018 to 2022 (elected in the [[2018 Italian general election]]) is called the [[Legislature XVIII of Italy|XVIII Legislature of the Italian Republic]] (or more commonly the "XVIII Legislature").

A notable exception to the use of Roman numerals in Europe is in Greece, where [[Greek numerals]] (based on the Greek alphabet) are generally used in contexts where Roman numerals would be used elsewhere.