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TopicWhy do you sometimes see IIII for the Roman numeral for 4?
organicbamf
04/11/17 6:09:55 PM
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ScofieldReturns posted...
It's done on clocks for symmetry and balance. Been done that way since the Roman Empire


interesting, never thought about that, but i suppose it does do that

{I, II, III, IIII}
{V, VI, VII, VIII}
{IX, X, XI, XII}

3 subsets of 4 elements that share a common symbol in each subset (I, V, X)

that's neat

i have seen this before, but not terribly often
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