The largest Roman numeral which will fit in a Tweet is an "M" plus 279 overbars, which expresses exactly 10^840, as I shall now demonstrate
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whats the highest roman numeral for which it and all smaller roman numerals will fit on the page ?
You're asking for the number which is 1 less than the first 281-character Roman numeral and I don't know offhand, give me some time
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The smallest integer with a 281-character Roman numeral which I can find is 78,888,888,888,887,888,888. So I believe the answer is 78,888,888,888,887,888,887, whose Roman numeral is 280 characters long (see next Tweet)
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