• Jolteon
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    406 months ago

    So, what would somebody say the year was if they were asked at that point?

    • Toes♀OP
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      946 months 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

      • @ninja
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        256 months ago

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        • @[email protected]
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          36 months ago

          You can search for any number between 1 and 2024 and your first result will likely be a Wikipedia article on the year

    • mrmule
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      186 months ago

      In Egypt they would say the 8th year of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator

        • ✺roguetrick✺
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          6 months ago

          59 BC is actually pretty close to coptic I’d bet for spoken language (though officially it wouldn’t be called coptic with consistent Greek script until the third century). At least in the sense that vulgar Latin was close to Italian.

      • @mkwt
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        226 months 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.

    • runeko
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      106 months ago

      Pretty sure they would respond, “Get away from me, demon! Stop talking in tongues!”

      • Jolteon
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        76 months ago

        I’m pretty sure the concept of somebody speaking another language from you existed back then.

        • runeko
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          96 months ago

          Get away from me, demon! Stop talking in tongues!