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[–] Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip 54 points 1 month ago (1 children)

See no problem here. Numbers are correct, material isn't important but gold is always welcomed.

[–] ValiantDust@feddit.org 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't think the ancient Greeks used Roman numerals. Though to be fair, I-III should be easy to understand anyway.

[–] Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Phrygia wasn't Greece, so who knows what numerals they used...

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I looked it up. Apparently we indeed don't know what, if any, numerals were used in 8th century BCE Phrygia.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Or The Doctor.

[–] ValiantDust@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I really made a fool of myself, haven't I?

Well, for what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?

[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago

Well, at least you know how to deal with it gracefully 🙂

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You know, if what everything Midas touches turns to gold because he wants to have as much wealth as possible, then eventually the value of gold diminishes and become worthless because there is too much gold circulating. He would have just crashed the economy!

[–] grue@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Mansa Musa be like:

[–] Redex68@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That depends on the size of the economy and whether he uses his power responsibly. If he just sells as much gold as he needs then that won't cause much devaluation of it.

[–] Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm sure some people would've loved having a full gold suit of armor