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The oldest building in my city would be walls from somewhere around 0 BC. It was a rather important nexus for the Roman Army due to the geographic location. Tho
by zaarn 8y ago
The oldest building in my city would be walls from somewhere around 0 BC. It was a rather important nexus for the Roman Army due to the geographic location. Though it's largely buried under more modern walls from around 13th century.
There is also social housing, build in the 16th century by one of the top 3 wealthiest people in modern history. Still in use today, about 1€ a year rent.
- ginko 8y agoNitpick I know, but there's no year 0 BC. Or 0 AD for that matter.
- zaarn 8y agoWell, it was more likely in the BC range, but yeah, would be year 0 instead.
- ginko 8y agoYear 0 doesn't exist either. 1 BC is directly followed by 1 AD
- zaarn 8y agoYear 0 is obviously in the middle of the two.
- ryanwaggoner 8y agoHere you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_zero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_zero
- dboreham 8y agoBecause zero wasn't invented until much later.
- ryanwaggoner 8y agoHmm, I don't think so: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-the-origin-of-zer/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-the-origi... Also, AD / BC wasn't devised until 525 AD, and zero was common at that point, so that can't be the reason: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini EDIT: Apparently I'm wrong :) Neither the concept nor a symbol for zero existed in the system of Roman numerals. The Babylonian system of the BC era had used the idea of "nothingness" without considering it a number, and the Romans enumerated in much the same way. Wherever a modern zero would have been used, Bede and Dionysius Exiguus did use Latin number words, or the word nulla (meaning "nothing") alongside Roman numerals.[1][3][4] Zero was invented in India in the sixth century, and was either transferred or reinvented by the Arabs by about the eighth century. The Arabic numeral for zero (0) did not enter Europe until the thirteenth century. Even then, it was known only to very few, and only entered widespread use in Europe by the seventeenth century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_zero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_zero
- dboreham 8y agoForgot the sarcasm flag in that post..