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Thread #166395 Message #4000441
Posted By: Mr Red
12-Jul-19 - 08:32 AM
Thread Name: BS: Roman Numerals-analogue decimal mantissa
Subject: RE: BS: Roman Numerals-analogue decimal mantissa
It is interesting that while Roman integers where in steps of 1, 5, 10, 50 100 etc, (ya gotta hand it to them) but their fractions were in twelths. I can understand where the five comes from and twelths afford dividing the spoils between three (etc) people but ..............
Maybe the women got that franchise............
I'll get my chariot.