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minus-squaredditty@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·3 days agoAh the Roman numeral tattoo is 666
minus-squaredoctordevice@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·3 days agoHow did I never know that 666 in Roman numerals was just descending letter values starting with D? That’s very cool, and makes me wonder if that is part of its origin.
minus-squaretaiyang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoTIL, too, but it makes sense. Romans used 5 a lot so with 6 being just one number higher, you get that cascading one removed in the digit. DCLXVI also sounds pretty cool. Middle school me would have loved to go by \666DCLXVI666// or some such nonsense, lol.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 days agoAshamed to say I had to look that up. I can usually figure Roman numerals pretty quick. :( I’m losing it as I age. Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.
Ah the Roman numeral tattoo is 666
How did I never know that 666 in Roman numerals was just descending letter values starting with D? That’s very cool, and makes me wonder if that is part of its origin.
TIL, too, but it makes sense. Romans used 5 a lot so with 6 being just one number higher, you get that cascading one removed in the digit.
DCLXVI also sounds pretty cool. Middle school me would have loved to go by \666DCLXVI666// or some such nonsense, lol.
Ashamed to say I had to look that up. I can usually figure Roman numerals pretty quick. :( I’m losing it as I age. Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.