• Merva@sh.itjust.works
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    13 天前

    Since the IIII usage is common in the Middle Ages and even into the Early Modern Period, when nobody believed in Jupiter, that is obviously just something somebody made up.

    • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.world
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      It could have also started from that and continued on despite people not knowing the reason, no? I do agree that it’s quite silly and unlikely, though.