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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Why the fuck would you use Roman numerals?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's in the username!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I couldn't give VIII fucks if he uses Roman numerals

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's called history.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 :)