lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agoDid the year zero never exist ?message-squaremessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up193arrow-down1message-squareDid the year zero never exist ?lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square80fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebluGill@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoThey started the new one around 525 and just backed dated everything before then. Year 1 was never observed in the modern calendar system. Most other calendars started with a year 1 on the day the king decreed it so (often the day he became king)
They started the new one around 525 and just backed dated everything before then. Year 1 was never observed in the modern calendar system. Most other calendars started with a year 1 on the day the king decreed it so (often the day he became king)