Explaining the Roman numeral "LX" for the 2026 Super Bowl.

The NFL remains one of the few organizations that still consistently uses Roman numerals for its biggest stage of the year.

Roman numerals are an ancient, additive/subtractive system using seven letters (I, V, X, L, C, D, M) to represent values.

Why use Roman numerals when you could use years or Arabic numbers? The NFL has offered a few clues.

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