Toes♀@ani.social to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months agoWhat year is it?ani.socialimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up11.11Karrow-down112
arrow-up11.1Karrow-down1imageWhat year is it?ani.socialToes♀@ani.social to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareGreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up112arrow-down1·edit-26 months agoTook me a second They wouldn’t call the year 59 bc in 59 bc
minus-squareUnbeelievable@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·6 months agoThey would probably not speak Modern English either.
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·6 months agoOkay, honest question: what did they call it then, if anything? Because it’s not like they planned on counting down to the future “messiah’s” birthday.
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down1·6 months agoYou have to look at non-Christian calendars. It was 2275 in Korea. It was 265 of the 33rd dynasty in Egypt. It was 2 of the 180th Olympiad in Greece. More here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/59_BC
minus-squareRecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months agoI like the Chinese version best 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 2639 or 2432
minus-squareHolzkohlen@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·6 months agoDamn, so Korea went back in time? Or what are they on now? Did they hit 40K yet? Do they count in dog years? Do they inflate their numbers so it sounds cooler? Have the halfed it, when they split the country in half? I demand answers Korea!
minus-squareSemjaza@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-26 months agoDepends on where in the world, but most dating systems were reginal, that is what year of what monarch/pharaoh/emperor’s reign.
minus-squareStaySquared@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoDepends on who’s calendar… haha
minus-squareStaySquared@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoSame… took me a moment. Then I realized in 59 B.C. it was like year 700 to them at that time (not literally 700… just throwing a random number).
Took me a second
They wouldn’t call the year 59 bc in 59 bc
They would probably not speak Modern English either.
Okay, honest question: what did they call it then, if anything?
Because it’s not like they planned on counting down to the future “messiah’s” birthday.
You have to look at non-Christian calendars.
It was 2275 in Korea.
It was 265 of the 33rd dynasty in Egypt.
It was 2 of the 180th Olympiad in Greece.
More here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/59_BC
I like the Chinese version best
Damn, so Korea went back in time? Or what are they on now? Did they hit 40K yet? Do they count in dog years? Do they inflate their numbers so it sounds cooler? Have the halfed it, when they split the country in half? I demand answers Korea!
Depends on where in the world, but most dating systems were reginal, that is what year of what monarch/pharaoh/emperor’s reign.
Depends on who’s calendar… haha
Same… took me a moment. Then I realized in 59 B.C. it was like year 700 to them at that time (not literally 700… just throwing a random number).