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This information is wrong the original number is IIII and IV notation was introduced much later. As proof you can see that in the "portal" of the colosseum in
by elviejo 4y ago
This information is wrong the original number is IIII and IV notation was introduced much later.
As proof you can see that in the "portal" of the colosseum in Rome,they are numbered using the IIII notation and the colosseum is from the first century.
In this photo you can see gate LIIII still standing up to this day.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/georgechamoun1984/7217597802 https://www.flickr.com/photos/georgechamoun1984/7217597802
- tgflynn 4y agoAccording to wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals there doesn't seem to have been a great deal of consistency about this (ie. IIII vs IV) in ancient times. I suspect that the notion that there is a single correct form is the (relatively) recent invention.