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minus-square@blitzen@lemmy.calinkfedilink1•5 days ago Dionysius did not use a year zero; the year preceding AD 1 was 1 BC. “The Oxford Companion to the Year” by Blackburn & Holford-Strevens There was not a year zero. This isn’t a conspiracy theory.
minus-square@Malfeasant@lemm.eelinkfedilink1•4 days agoBC and AD are separate numbering schemes- so just because there is no year 0 defined doesn’t mean you can’t extrapolate - 0 AD is the same as 1 BC, and you’ll have -1 AD which is equivalent to 2 BC and so forth…
There was not a year zero. This isn’t a conspiracy theory.
BC and AD are separate numbering schemes- so just because there is no year 0 defined doesn’t mean you can’t extrapolate - 0 AD is the same as 1 BC, and you’ll have -1 AD which is equivalent to 2 BC and so forth…