P.Clodius Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 The missing years, a discrepancy in calculating A.U.C. due to the differences in calculating per Varro and Livy. Who were the missing magistrates and why are they missing? Does it derive from the rule of the Decemvirs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 (edited) September 1, intrigued me. From my old notes I found that one or two people (Christians?) at Byzantium (probably Constantinople), introduced a system which counted years from the Beginning of the World, which he/they calculated at 5508 B.C. The beginning of the year was September 1. It had a fifteen year 'Indiction' period. (Whatever that means.) We are now in the year 7515 by this system. I don't know when this system was introduced or even if it was used, but it is possible that the medieval monks confounded it with the Varronian system. Interestingly, for me at least, it comports with the Creationists theory of when the world was created. Edited April 21, 2008 by Gaius Octavius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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