The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles will take the field for Super Bowl LIX on Sunday. But many football fanatics and casual watchers may be wondering: What the heck does LIX mean? The NFL ...

Super Bowl week is back, which means Roman numerals are once again at the forefront of the public consciousness. As one of the only institutions that still uses Roman numerals, the NFL's choice brings ...

The National Football League didn’t begin larding Roman numerals on to the Super Bowl until its fifth year, hoping to imbue its championship game with a certain chiseled-in-stone gravitas. The block ...

Unlike the social ramifications of dodgeball, Roman numerals are one of those things you probably learned in school and haven’t relied on much since. Except when it comes to the Super Bowl. It’s the ...

On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers will take the field at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada for the biggest game of the season: the Super Bowl. That game will be ...

The Roman Empire might've fallen, but it didn't take their numbers down with it. Those pesky letters disguised as numbers still stick around to this day, normally wreaking havoc on people that just ...

After next year, everyone will actually know what number Super Bowl we’re on for once. The National Football League released logos for Super Bowl 50 on Wednesday, dropping the Roman numeral regularly ...

Roman numerals, an ancient numbering system, persist in modern contexts like film credits and architecture. This system uses seven symbols with specific values, employing repetition and position to ...

Super Bowl LIX is the 59th iteration of the NFL championship game. The NFL uses Roman numerals for the Super Bowl to avoid confusion since the champion is recognized for the year the season started, ...