Record Keeping

Notes:

• Notes on Roman Numerals and Finger Counting
• Notes on the Abacus
• Notes on Wax Tabulae
• Notes on Papyrus, Styli, and Ink
• Notes on the Roman Calendar
• Notes on Sundials

Videos:

• The Origin of Roman Numerals
• Roman Numerals
• Roman Dates
• Bloomberg Tablets and Dr. Roger Tomlin, the Roman handwriting expert - a wonderful video
• The Herculaneum Scrolls

Further reading:

• Making Papyrus 101 and a slide show
• Vindolanda Wax Tablets - a whole Website dedicated to these
• How to Write like a Roman - a video tutorial
• The Herculaneum Scrolls - a video about how they are being deciphered
• The Japanese Soroban - competitions on abaci

Let's review:

• Quizlet set on record keeping
• Practice Test