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[–] Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip 54 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] ValiantDust@feddit.org 13 points 5 days 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 5 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 days 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 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

Or The Doctor.

[–] ValiantDust@feddit.org 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days 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 5 days ago

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

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days 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 5 days ago

Mansa Musa be like:

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

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