PARIS, March 19 — A museum dedicated to the history of Paris denied today that it is dropping the use of Roman numerals for the names of kings and emperors, which had caused uproar in Italy. Amid concern that Louis XIV had suddenly been renamed Louis 14, the Carnavalet Museum took to social...
Aerial view of the Eiffel tower, the Seine River and the Paris skyline, France July 14, 2019. — Reuters picPARIS, March 19 — A museum dedicated to the history of Paris denied today that it is dropping the use of Roman numerals for the names of kings and emperors, which had caused uproar in Italy.
“Roman numerals have not been abandoned. They are used for the names of kings and emperors on nearly 3,000 signs,” tweeted Paris-Musees, which runs the Carnavalet in the Marais district of the city. But Paris-Musees explained that this was only for around 170 monarch-related signposts aimed at simplifying things for certain visitors, including for those with disabilities.
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