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What year is it? (ani.social)
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[–] [email protected] 42 points 11 months ago (20 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Wikipedia says 695 Ab urbe condita.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 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 11 months ago

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

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