DBO Forums - My new Laptop Desktop bg, and phone wallpaper bg! Thanks! https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/ Bungie.Org talks Destiny en My new Laptop Desktop bg, and phone wallpaper bg! Thanks! (reply) https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22698 https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22698 Tue, 06 May 2014 11:09:20 +0000 Fan CreationsGrimBrotherIII New lock screen! (reply) https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22662 https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22662 Mon, 05 May 2014 21:13:39 +0000 Fan CreationsGrimBrother IV I don't know ... (reply) A honey trap, I like it!

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https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22613 https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22613 Mon, 05 May 2014 01:45:35 +0000 Fan CreationsDaDerga
I don't know ... (reply) I still think we should heat up the honey just in case.

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https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22612 https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22612 Mon, 05 May 2014 01:42:47 +0000 Fan CreationsINSANEdrive
I like this human. He understands our ways. (reply) Beginner's luck?

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I like this human. He understands our ways. (reply) https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22590 https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22590 Sun, 04 May 2014 22:41:22 +0000 Fan CreationsZackDark Bloody Romans (reply)

All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?

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https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22585 https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22585 Sun, 04 May 2014 21:32:59 +0000 Fan CreationsDaDerga
You are correct. (reply)

I was always under the impression that the version that we use today was just that and that there was no strict convention throughout the Roman period proper, or later.

You're absolutely right. I was presuming the use of our modern system and did not consider that something else might be pertinent in the world of Destiny. That's what I get for making assumptions, so thanks for helping expand my horizons!

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https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22584 https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22584 Sun, 04 May 2014 21:22:35 +0000 Fan CreationsBeorn
The numerals are incorrect. (reply)

Who knows, maybe the letters on the Titan banner aren't even Roman numerals! Maybe they're someone's initials… With lots of X's and I's… :-\

You are, of course, absolutely correct.

"The "standard" forms described above reflect typical modern usage rather than a universally accepted convention. Usage in ancient Rome varied greatly and remained inconsistent in medieval and modern times."

Roman inscriptions, especially in official contexts, seem to show a preference for additive forms such as IIII and VIIII instead of (or even as well as) subtractive forms such as IV and IX. Both methods appear in documents from the Roman era, even within the same document. "Double subtractives" also occur, such as XIIX or even IIXX instead of XVIII. Sometimes V and L are not used, with instances such as IIIIII and XXXXXX rather than VI or LX." – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals (wiki link for convenience only).

I was always under the impression that the version that we use today was just that and that there was no strict convention throughout the Roman period proper, or later.

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https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22582 https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22582 Sun, 04 May 2014 21:06:36 +0000 Fan CreationsDaDerga
The numerals are incorrect. (reply) IxXL337XxI

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https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22581 https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22581 Sun, 04 May 2014 20:59:27 +0000 Fan CreationsZackDark
The numerals are (in)correct. (reply)

The wallpapers are fantastic. Lovely job. There'll be no need to alter the Titan one I'd imagine.
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/numbers/roman/
"The Romans themselves were not so fussy. There is a Roman tombstone in York, England, of Lucius Duccius Rufinius, who was the standard bearer of the VIIII legion (9th), and was XXIIX years old (or 28)."
–From the linked article.

Heh, I'll say that a tombstone is an unfortunate place to make such an error. But just because someone did it wrong on a relatively permanent surface doesn't mean that the error is in fact "correct". A typo is still a typo. I don't know what the Roman education system looked like, but I imagine there were many in the Roman armies who did not know how to read or write.

Who knows, maybe the letters on the Titan banner aren't even Roman numerals! Maybe they're someone's initials… With lots of X's and I's… :-\

Edit: Okay, I checked the Wikipedia page on Roman Numerals, and they have a whole section on Alternative Forms that says the numeral system was rather fluid back in the day, so your example is not wrong. I would expect, though, that a Roman Numeral system in Destiny would reflect the more recent and codified version that we use today, but maybe the non-standard form was very intentional on Bungie's part. Maybe it's intended to help show how much of human history was lost with the fall of the Golden Age.

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https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22578 https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22578 Sun, 04 May 2014 20:34:55 +0000 Fan CreationsBeorn
The numerals are correct. (reply) The wallpapers are fantastic. Lovely job. There'll be no need to alter the Titan one I'd imagine.

http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/numbers/roman/

"The Romans themselves were not so fussy. There is a Roman tombstone in York, England, of Lucius Duccius Rufinius, who was the standard bearer of the VIIII legion (9th), and was XXIIX years old (or 28)."
–From the linked article.

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https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22567 https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22567 Sun, 04 May 2014 13:47:32 +0000 Fan CreationsDaDerga
Every Tardis has one. (reply) https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22558 https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22558 Sun, 04 May 2014 07:33:52 +0000 Fan Creationsscarab These are AWESOME! (reply) https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22549 https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22549 Sun, 04 May 2014 03:06:27 +0000 Fan CreationsSpawn Added to the desktopal rotation device. (reply) https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22543 https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22543 Sun, 04 May 2014 01:07:52 +0000 Fan CreationsLeviathan I love these! (reply) https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22526 https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22526 Sat, 03 May 2014 22:55:46 +0000 Fan CreationsSigbiasSilva These are awesome! Thanks! (reply) https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22524 https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22524 Sat, 03 May 2014 22:48:50 +0000 Fan CreationsTDSpiral Awesome! (reply) Also thanks for making Retina MBP versions of each!

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https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22491 https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22491 Sat, 03 May 2014 19:53:04 +0000 Fan CreationsXenos
NICE! Great Idea. (reply) https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22462 https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22462 Sat, 03 May 2014 17:46:14 +0000 Fan CreationsINSANEdrive These are great! Thanks! (reply) https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22458 https://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=22458 Sat, 03 May 2014 17:32:08 +0000 Fan CreationsGrimBrotherIII