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[-] egrets@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Got a source for that? My understanding was that the Romans based their numerals on the older Etruscan system, in which the V was upside-down and therefore even less hand-shaped.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 5 points 11 months ago

When I was taught this at school, it was presented as fact, but apparently it's a hypothesis

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