@Trex202@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 3 months agoRoman numerals could be based on what your hand looks like when you count.message-square29arrow-up158file-text
arrow-up158message-squareRoman numerals could be based on what your hand looks like when you count.@Trex202@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 3 months agomessage-square29file-text
minus-squareEndmakerlinkfedilinkEnglish34•3 months agoOne of my undergrad professors said that they look as such because I, V and X can be easily marked using axes.
minus-squareLovable SidekicklinkfedilinkEnglish22•3 months agoOr clay-incising tools. Or pieces of charcoal. Or chisels.
One of my undergrad professors said that they look as such because I, V and X can be easily marked using axes.
Or clay-incising tools. Or pieces of charcoal. Or chisels.
L, C, M also make sense
That makes sense