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What year is it? (ani.social)
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[–] Jolteon 42 points 3 months ago (8 children)

So, what would somebody say the year was if they were asked at that point?

[–] [email protected] 103 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A universal calendar hasn't been established yet so it would depend on where you are.

For example today in 59 BC under the Athenian calendar would be 17 of Thargelion, Ol.180.1

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

But that's a conversion that everyone knows anyways.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Probably a celebrating Zeusdays

[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Consulship of Caesar and Bibulus - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/59_BC lists some options of how it would be called in various places

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I wasn't aware that every year had a wikipedia page...but I tried some others and it kinda seems like it does.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

You can search for any number between 1 and 2024 and your first result will likely be a Wikipedia article on the year

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In Egypt they would say the 8th year of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No they wouldn’t. They would say something similar BUT IN OLDE WORLDY EGYPTIAN.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

59 BC is actually pretty close to coptic I'd bet for spoken language (though officially it wouldn't be called coptic with consistent Greek script until the third century). At least in the sense that vulgar Latin was close to Italian.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah but Mrmule was talking at us in English, see?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure they would respond, "Get away from me, demon! Stop talking in tongues!"

[–] Jolteon 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure the concept of somebody speaking another language from you existed back then.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Get away from me, demon! Stop talking in tongues!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wikipedia says 695 Ab urbe condita.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In the Roman empire it was also common to identify years by the names of the two consuls, because the consuls served one year terms.

Consuls continued to be elected through most of the empire period.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

The system would also work in the UK the past few years.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
[–] [email protected] -5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They probably woukdn't even know their own age