New Year themed question!
Before the change to the Gregorian calendar- does anyone know how the ancients traced and spoke about the years? Like in what year would Julius Caesar himself have thought he crossed the rubicon? Or in which year did Leonidas believe be was making his last stand at Thermopylae?
And what was the measure of their years? Did romans count from the foundation of Rome? Greeks from establishment of Olympus?
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New Year themed question! Before the change to the Gregorian calendar- does anyone know how the ancients traced and spoke about the years? Like in what year would Julius Caesar himself have thought he crossed the rubicon? Or in which year did Leonidas believe be was making his last stand at Thermopylae?
And what was the measure of their years? Did romans count from the foundation of Rome? Greeks from establishment of Olympus?