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• JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  > years are referred to by the name of their corporate sponsor Many ancient cultures referenced years in relation to their rulers, e.g. 30 BCE being the year of the consulship of Caesar and Crassus [1]. DFW is cleverly recyling the corporate overlord meme. [1] https://www.trismegistos.org/calendar/cal_period_listconsuls.php https://www.trismegistos.org/calendar/cal_period_listconsuls...
  • shiroiushi 2y ago
    It's still like that here in Japan. The current year is 令和 (reiwa) 6, since the current emperor has been reigning for 5 years.