TITLE: How to convert Roman numerals with dashes?
QUESTION [6 upvotes]: What does the dash mean over the symbols here?
How to convert these Roman numerals to numbers? 

Textual equivalent of the image:
$$\overline{\text{M}}\,\overline{\text{L}}\,\overline{\text{V}}\text{MCCLXXIX} \text{ et } \overline{\text{C}}\,\overline{\text{M}}\,\overline{\text{V}}\text{CCCLXXXII}$$

REPLY [7 votes]: Typically the dash over the Roman numeral multiplies that part by 1000.

REPLY [7 votes]: The bar means multiplying by $1000$, so the numbers in the picture are $1056279$ and $905382$.