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Did the year zero never exist ? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago by lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Please explain my confused me like I'm 5 (0r 4 or 6).

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[–] governorkeagan@lemdro.id 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I’m no expert but I assume that the year Christ died would be “year zero” (assuming you’re talking about anno Domini (AD) and before Christ (BC)) since we started counting after that.

EDIT: reading more on the topic I might be completely incorrect with my above statement. If someone else knows, please do correct me

EDIT 2: I found this on Wikipedia which talks about a “year zero”

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