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minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoGot a source for that? My understanding was that the Romans based their numerals on the older Etruscan system, in which the V was upside-down and therefore even less hand-shaped.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·3 months agoWhen I was taught this at school, it was presented as fact, but apparently it’s a hypothesis
Got a source for that? My understanding was that the Romans based their numerals on the older Etruscan system, in which the V was upside-down and therefore even less hand-shaped.
When I was taught this at school, it was presented as fact, but apparently it’s a hypothesis