They were acrophonic derived after the initial one from the first letters of the names of the numbers represented.
Attic numerals history.
Our own word alphabet comes from the first two letters or numbers of the greek alphabet alpha and beta using the letters of their alphabet enabled them to use these symbols in a more condensed version of their old system called attic.
They were also known as herodianic numerals because they were first described in a 2nd century manuscript by herodian.
They were also known as herodianic numbers as they appear described for the first time in a manuscript by herodian from the 2nd century.
They were also known as herodianic numerals because they were first described in a 2nd century manuscript by herodian.
The greek system of abbreviations known today as attic numerals appears in the records of the 5th century bce but was probably used much earlier.
Attic numeration was used by the ancient greeks probably starting in the 7th century b c.
The system was somewhat flawed in that there was no symbol for zero 0 and no real method for counting above several thousand other than adding lines around numerals to indicate multiples.
Attic refers to the greek territory of attica while herodianic refers to aelius herodianus a grammarian of the 2 nd century a d.
Attica is a region of greece whose main city is athens.
Attic numerals was another system that came into use perhaps in the 7th century bc.
Who described the system in his writings.
Attic numbers were largely used for cardinal numbers for counting not for ordering and were not used to represent fractions.
Or so used only six symbols.
It is the oldest system of those employed by the greeks.
The attic system was similar to other forms of numbering systems of that era.
The attic or herodianic system of numerals was the first numeral system used in ancient greece.
The letter h eta is usually pronounced as a long e.
The attic numerals are a symbolic number notation used by the ancient greeks.
The roman numeral system was descended from ancient etruscan numerals itself adapted from the greek attic symbols.
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.
This system which arose around 500 b c.