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[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

To be fair, this is looking more like late XVIII century man with advanced syphilis, but after looking some of late XV century portraits the point still somewhat stands anyway.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Why the fuck would you use Roman numerals?

[–] Gerula@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It's called history.

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It's in the username!

[–] hackris@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Some Slavic languages, such as Russian, use Roman numerals for numbering centuries

Edit: why was this downvoted? If I'm wrong please tell me, I'd like to learn :)