By the late Middle Ages, the Hindu-Arabic decimal system mostly replaced Roman numerals  and fractions in Europe, but efforts by scholars like John Wilkins to promote standard decimal-based measures were less successful.
Intorno al tardo Medioevo, il sistema decimale indo-arabico, sostituì quasi del tutto numeri  e frazioni romane in Europa, ma l'impegno di studiosi come John Wilkins per promuovere misure standard decimali riscossero minor successo.