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submitted 11 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historymemes@lemmy.world

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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yep! In the Empire, there were often numerous consuls in a year instead of just two (being rotated out as a kind of 'gift' from the Emperor) so the norm for counting the year changed to how many years since the ruling Emperor came into power.

Funny how some things we take for granted, like an unborked date system, are actually innovations, and far from timeless (ha).

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 2 points 11 months ago

TY, I didn't know, there were still consules in the Roman Empire.
Yes, a continuous calendar system makes things a lot easier.