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Roman numerals (thing)

See all of Roman numerals, there are 6 more in this node.

by Anacreon

Tue Jul 25 2000 at 19:30:01

Actually, originally IIII was indeed the standard representation of 4, as was VIIII for 9, xxxx for 40 etc., It was only around the 2nd century BCE that these older forms were replaced with IV, IX and XL respectively.

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Me, with the goddamn piccolo!	IIII	Tengwar Numerals	VICARIVS FILII DEI
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