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Look, we\u2019ve all wondered about it. Welcome to the safe space where there is no judgement for asking the big questions of life: why does the Super Bowl brand itself with Roman numerals?<\/p>\n
Super Bowl LVIII has arrived and we\u2019d love to tell you the tradition was started by Titus Caesar Vespasianus enjoying a spot of gridiron football in ancient Rome \u2013 he certainly had the state-of-the-art stadium for it.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately the truth feels disappointingly mundane compared to the idea of the Kansas City Chiefs duking it out with the San Francisco XLIXers at the Colosseum circa 80AD.<\/p>\n
RadioTimes.com<\/a> finally reveals why the Super Bowl uses Roman numerals.<\/p>\n Read more: Best NFL players in the league<\/a> | Best NFL players of all time<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n There\u2019s a very valid reason for the Super Bowl using Roman numerals beyond aesthetics. We will use this season to demonstrate.<\/p>\n The current NFL season is referred to as the 2023 season, as the regular season was staged between September and December 2023. The playoffs ran through January 2024 and the Super Bowl will be hosted in February 2024.<\/p>\n While \u2018Super Bowl 2024\u2019 is a perfectly valid expression for the big game taking place this weekend, it would cause confusion considering the 2024 NFL season will take place later this year.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s Super Bowl winners will be recognised as 2023 season champions, not 2024.<\/p>\n To avoid conflict, Lamar Hunt \u2013 former owner of the Kansas City Chiefs who also coined the term \u2018Super Bowl\u2019 \u2013 is credited with the idea for referring to Super Bowls with numbers, starting with Super Bowl 3.<\/p>\n The Roman numerals were introduced for Super Bowl V (5) in 1971 \u2013 following the 1970 season \u2013 and the earlier Super Bowl encounters were retrospectively rebranded as Super Bowl I, II, III and IV.<\/p> If you\u2019re looking for something else to watch, check out our TV Guide<\/a> or\u00a0<\/span>Streaming Guide<\/b><\/a>, or visit our Sport<\/a> hub for all the latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013 subscribe now<\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/b><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n It’s time to party like it’s MCMXCIX. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":45543,"template":"","categories":[6,7,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/why-does-the-super-bowl-use-roman-numerals-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/why-does-the-super-bowl-use-roman-numerals-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/why-does-the-super-bowl-use-roman-numerals-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/why-does-the-super-bowl-use-roman-numerals-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/why-does-the-super-bowl-use-roman-numerals-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/why-does-the-super-bowl-use-roman-numerals-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/why-does-the-super-bowl-use-roman-numerals-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"It's time to party like it's MCMXCIX.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/45541"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Why does the Super Bowl use Roman numerals?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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