Comment on Are the Roman numerals based on what your hand look like when you count?
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
Many archaic cultures had words for 1, 2, 3, and many. You can see this tendency reflected in the Roman system where I, II, and III are obvious symbols, but IV introduces a new concept.
Therefore I think 1, 2, and 3 are based on counting on fingers, but 4 is where their system deviates.