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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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[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 24 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

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

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

We need a time scale that is equivalent to Kelvin.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 10 points 6 hours ago

Welcome to the year 13.7 billion!

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 7 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

What’s that counting from?

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 31 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

12,024 years ago.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Ah ok. Thanks!

[–] niemcycle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

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.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Start of agriculture I believe?

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au -2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

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

[–] sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 hours ago

Bloody Romans!