Assertion:
It seems that ALL browsers have problems with roman numeral lists. The two big problems are list marker rendering and numbers greater than 3999 (roman numeral counting changes at 4000 from the normal pattern.)

OL list with START=3995 and TYPE=I (Capital Roman Numerals):
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  1. LI item 3995
  2. LI item 3996
  3. LI item 3997
  4. LI item 3998
  5. LI item 3999
  6. LI item 4000
  7. LI item 4001
  8. LI item 4002
  9. LI item 4003
  10. LI item 4004
  11. LI item 4005
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OL list with START=3995 and TYPE=i (Lowercase Roman Numerals):
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  1. LI item 3995
  2. LI item 3996
  3. LI item 3997
  4. LI item 3998
  5. LI item 3999
  6. LI item 4000
  7. LI item 4001
  8. LI item 4002
  9. LI item 4003
  10. LI item 4004
  11. LI item 4005
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OL list with START=3995 and TYPE=I (Capital Roman Numerals): [150px Left-padding added to show list markers if not visible in previous example]
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  1. LI item 3995
  2. LI item 3996
  3. LI item 3997
  4. LI item 3998
  5. LI item 3999
  6. LI item 4000
  7. LI item 4001
  8. LI item 4002
  9. LI item 4003
  10. LI item 4004
  11. LI item 4005
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OL list with START=4800 and TYPE=i (Lowercase Roman Numerals):
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  1. LI item 4800
  2. LI item 4801
  3. LI item 4802
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