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I find this decree frustrating. Someone could have just as easily said "the 'first' century starts at 1 BC" to account for this.
by notfed 2y ago
I find this decree frustrating. Someone could have just as easily said "the 'first' century starts at 1 BC" to account for this.
- 38 2y agoOr better yet just year 0, why not? Do we say the 80s start in 1981?
- rdlw 2y agoThe concept of zero was not popularized in 500s Europe, when the system was devised.
- karatinversion 2y agoAnd also, the system is a direct descendant of regnal numbering, where zero wouldn’t have made sense even if invented (there is no zeroth year of Joe Biden’s term of office).
- Thorrez 2y agoThen what is the last year of the first century BC? 2 BC? Now there's an off-by-2!
- karatinversion 2y agoDo you also count the first decade of your life from January 1st of the year before you were born?
- Zambyte 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asian_age_reckoning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asian_age_reckoning