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Double post fact time!

Roman numerals used to just be tally marks, and with five being two tallies (V) and ten being two tallies crossing (X). So, not letters. In addition, they were written in such a way that 11 would be IIIIVIIIIXI, which was a silly system, until someone realized you could just write ten as X, and five as V, and the system was simplified, allowing room for more numerals such as L, C, and M.

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