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If we counted the years from 753BC (the founding of Rome) like the Romans did, then it would be the year 2,777. (lemmy.world)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22368157

I just saw a video about BC/AD as opposed to BCE/CE and the invention of the Gregorian calendar and I wondered what year it would be if we counted the years like the Romans did.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

Bloody Romans!

[–] [email protected] 29 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

I prefer to think of us as being in the year 12,024.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

We need a time scale that is equivalent to Kelvin.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 18 hours ago

Welcome to the year 13.7 billion!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

What’s that counting from?

[–] [email protected] 42 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

12,024 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Ah ok. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The context for that number specifically is this Kurzgesagt video, which suggests that calendars should set their year zero to 12 000 BCE, when human civilization first began.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

I was goofing around, but yeah I'm down for that change in the calendar. Thanks for the link!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Start of agriculture I believe?

[–] [email protected] -4 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Well that’s a terrible date, it’s already after we had started living in cities and working on large scale projects.