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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks. I didn’t know they used that devise. Makes more sense now.


22 posted on 10/31/2019 9:34:40 AM PDT by Oatka
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To: Oatka
Their kinda clunky number system got blown away by the sheer rapidity and scale of Roman expansion, so, for example the "i" representing ones would be used ahead of "million" for various things, like wheat units shipped.

23 posted on 10/31/2019 9:50:56 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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