Re: IIII at IV

[PsykoKidd]

    I can't say for sure if this is true, but I did read that the Romans used 
IIII instead of the usual IV because IV were the first two letters in the 
Latin spelling of Jupiter (that is the principle Roman deity).  Such 
reverence and/or superstition around the name of a deity aren't uncommon, so 
it does have a ring of plausibility to it.
Troy Heck