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New evidence found for Planet 9 (phys.org)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The reason clocks use it, is to not make it look visually unbalanced. Most often they write 4 as IIII. I find it infuriating to break such a simple rule though.

But also, I've never ever seen VIIII.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Julius Caesar's memoir of war in Gaul makes use of VIIII, for instance. You're right that it's much rarer, but was still used contemporarily and in modern times.