Zero

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Because of their pragmatic bias,

The Romans had no numerical concept that corresponded

To the idea of "no sheep,"

That is, the zero.

When they came upon the Arabic cipher,

They had no feeling for it

And didn't think of it as having any meaning.

They thought of it as a decoration

And used it as a punctuation mark at the end of a sentence

Or the way we use "over"

In radio communications.

Citations

1. NUMEROLOGY DRAFT, April '71, p. 6