Lucretius, Cicero, Seneca and in the Christian Era, St Augustune, of the top of my head each wrote far more interesting and better treasties than any Greek.
So I dispute the OP’s theory.
That’s actually quite easy, since position of the ‘digits’ doesn’t matter at all. Just write the numbers down, then move the digits around so all the X’s, V’s, I’s are together, then upscale (2 V’s become 1 X, 5 I’s become 1 V, etc.), and you have the result!
Note that this requires an extra step for the later Roman numerals where ‘subtractive’ forms (IV instead of IIII for 4, etc.) – those have to be converted to the normal additive form first.
So what you are saying is that the Romans were better in the concrete than in the abstract?
I am not angry just very disappointed.
I would certainly object to the notion that the Romans did not philosophize, and in fact they produced an enormous amount of text on the subject, including some innovative ideas.
One thing is that elite Roman culture had a bit of an inferiority complex: “conquered Greece conquered its conquerors” was a cliche of the time. Greek was essential to an education, and there was a lot of slavish respect for Greek ideas.
“Originality” was not a highly prized aspect of something in ancient Rome.