Did the year zero never exist ? lemmyreader ( @lemmyreader@lemmy.ml ) Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 6 months ago message-square56fedilinkarrow-up172
arrow-up172message-squareDid the year zero never exist ? lemmyreader ( @lemmyreader@lemmy.ml ) Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 6 months ago message-square56fedilink
minus-square ArcticAmphibian ( @ArcticAmphibian@lemmus.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish10•edit-26 months agoNope. 1 BC/BCE -> 1 AD/CE. That’s just how it was designed.
minus-square gregorum ( @gregorum@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months agoThe concept of zero had not even been discovered at the time the calendar was designed.
minus-square ArcticAmphibian ( @ArcticAmphibian@lemmus.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•6 months agoAlmost. The first recorded use of ‘Zero’ was in Mesopotamia in 3BC/BCE. https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-the-zero
minus-square PowerCrazy ( @PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•6 months agothis is absolutely wrong.
Nope. 1 BC/BCE -> 1 AD/CE. That’s just how it was designed.
The concept of zero had not even been discovered at the time the calendar was designed.
Almost. The first recorded use of ‘Zero’ was in Mesopotamia in 3BC/BCE. https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-the-zero
this is absolutely wrong.