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Specifically, ancient Romans often wrote the equivalent of our letter "u" as a "v". So a word like "magnum" would be "magnvm," although modern scholars of class
by spondylosaurus 2y ago
Specifically, ancient Romans often wrote the equivalent of our letter "u" as a "v". So a word like "magnum" would be "magnvm," although modern scholars of classical Latin just write it with a "u" for legibility :P
- BobaFloutist 2y agoIt's because it's very hard to chisel a curve into stone.