▲ 825 ▼ What About Roman? (lemmy.ca) submitted 11 months ago by slothrop@lemmy.ca to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.ca 86 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 11 months ago (2 children) Isn't it MMMIM? Only one extra character permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 10 points 11 months ago subtraction rule only allows a smaller numeral to be placed before a larger one if it is one of the following combinations: IV, IX, XL, XC, CD, or CM. The numeral 'i' ((1)) can only be placed before a 'V' ((5)) or an 'X' ((10)). permalink fedilink source parent [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago* I came up with MMMCMXCIX, but your one seems better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 10 points 11 months ago subtraction rule only allows a smaller numeral to be placed before a larger one if it is one of the following combinations: IV, IX, XL, XC, CD, or CM. The numeral 'i' ((1)) can only be placed before a 'V' ((5)) or an 'X' ((10)). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago* I came up with MMMCMXCIX, but your one seems better. permalink fedilink source parent
