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Toes♀@ani.social to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago

What year is it?

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What year is it?

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Toes♀@ani.social to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago
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    So, what would somebody say the year was if they were asked at that point?

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      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

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        But that’s a conversion that everyone knows anyways.

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          Probably a celebrating Zeusdays

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

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

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

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

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          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.

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

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      Wikipedia says 695 Ab urbe condita.

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        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.

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

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

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

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

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      Shenjue 3 in China

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      They probably woukdn’t even know their own age

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