Patrick wrote: >The Romans used both at different times during their Empire with IIII >rather more frequently overall.
Many Thanks Patrick, it's good to have your authoritative access to that level of information on this. >I have been recording the usage of Roman numerals for 4am/4pm in the BSS >Register for some time now - usage actually varies with type of dial but >overall out of 446 dials which show 4am or 4pm and where I have now entered >this sort of detail, 273 use IIII and 173 use IV. Does that help 'dress >the wound' you received...? - it certainly appears to mirror the Romans' >actual usage...! Ever since my good-natured 'ticking off' for using 'IV' I've always used 'IIII' so it's nice to find my current work in general accordance with both the original and the present-day majority. Tony Moss -
