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submitted 8 months ago by lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Please explain my confused me like I'm 5 (0r 4 or 6).

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[-] ArcticAmphibian@lemmus.org 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Nope. 1 BC/BCE -> 1 AD/CE. That's just how it was designed.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

The concept of zero had not even been discovered at the time the calendar was designed.

[-] ArcticAmphibian@lemmus.org 3 points 8 months ago

Almost. The first recorded use of 'Zero' was in Mesopotamia in 3BC/BCE. https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-the-zero

[-] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

this is absolutely wrong.

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