So, what would somebody say the year was if they were asked at that point?
What year is it?
Submitted 2 years ago by Toes@ani.social to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Jolteon@lemmy.zip 2 years ago
Toes@ani.social 2 years ago
A universal calendar hasn’t been established yet so it would depend on where you are.
For example today in 59 BC under the Athenian calendar would be 17 of Thargelion, Ol.180.1
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 2 years ago
But that’s a conversation that everyone knows anyways.
mrmule@lemmy.world 2 years ago
In Egypt they would say the 8th year of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator
maculata@aussie.zone 2 years ago
No they wouldn’t. They would say something similar BUT IN OLDE WORLDY EGYPTIAN.
runeko@programming.dev 2 years ago
Pretty sure they would respond, “Get away from me, demon! Stop talking in tongues!”
Jolteon@lemmy.zip 2 years ago
I’m pretty sure the concept of somebody speaking another language from you existed back then.
ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Wikipedia says 695 Ab urbe condita.
mkwt@lemmy.world 2 years ago
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.
azi@mander.xyz 2 years ago
gigachad@feddit.de 2 years ago
They probably woukdn’t even know their own age
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 years ago
How do we know they mean BC as in “Before Christ” and not BC as in “Before Cambrian?”
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 2 years ago
Because they’re speaking modern English.
jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev 2 years ago
Except that person is a time traveler, so they would be speaking modern English regardless
nexguy@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Before Cosby
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 years ago
Before he was famous or before he was infamous? 🤔
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 2 years ago
“Before” implies something hasn’t happened yet, therefore if they know it’s before “something” they must be a time traveller.
niktemadur@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Or else, you didn’t travel anywhere (anywhen?) and the first guy you bumped into is a wise-ass.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
If he gave you the year 113 would you know that was our current year?
Toes@ani.social 2 years ago
Only if they gave you the full date, otherwise it could potentially be a lot of things still.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
As in saying “Juche 113”?
I don’t think common people announce it that way
GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz 2 years ago
Took me a second
Unbeelievable@beehaw.org 2 years ago
They would probably not speak Modern English either.
The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 2 years ago
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RGB3x3@lemmy.world 2 years ago
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.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 years ago
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: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/59_BC
charonn0@startrek.website 2 years ago
The Romans named their years after who was elected Consul that year. There were two Consuls, so you’d say “in the consulship of Jones and Smith”. 59BC was Julius Caesar and some other guy. The other guy was so unimportant that Romans joked by calling it the consulship of “Julius and Caesar”.
Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 2 years ago
Depends on where in the world, but most dating systems with reginal, that is what year of what monarch/pharaoh/emperor’s reign.
StaySquared@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Depends on who’s calendar… haha
StaySquared@lemmy.world 2 years ago
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).