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[–] 24 points 2 years ago* (9 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.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Why the fuck would you use Roman numerals?

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    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 :)

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