Comment on Best Books ever of 10 years' votes at 4chan /lit/parentComments−spondylosaurus1ySpecifically, ancient Romans often wrote the equivalent of our letter "u" as a "v". So a word like "magnum" would be "magnvm," although modern scholars of classical Latin just write it with a "u" for legibility :P−BobaFloutist1yIt's because it's very hard to chisel a curve into stone.
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Specifically, ancient Romans often wrote the equivalent of our letter "u" as a "v". So a word like "magnum" would be "magnvm," although modern scholars of classical Latin just write it with a "u" for legibility :P
It's because it's very hard to chisel a curve into stone.