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So what's the story behind Year Zero?

Why is Year Zero, Year Zero? Why did they decide that year should be Year Zero?

Now, at first I thought it was because that's Jesus' assumed birth date, but no. Jesus is said to have been born before then. Like around 2 to 7 BC.

So why is it Year Zero?


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No, year Zero is not year zero. It has decencies of about 3 years. This is in the Rome Calender, of course which our Calender is made of. Gooooooooo Romans!!

To your second Q: Probably tampering in the religous field...


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Ermm, okay. Can someone please answer the question?


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Because there are NO records of Jesus' birth, so there is NO real zero?


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Because there are NO records of Jesus' birth, so there is NO real zero?
But why did they choose that year to be year zero?


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they didn't, there is no year zero. You go from 1 BC to 1 AD


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Then why is 1 AD, 1 AD?


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because it got picked out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_zero


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Why is Year Zero, Year Zero? Why did they decide that year should be Year Zero?

Now, at first I thought it was because that's Jesus' assumed birth date, but no. Jesus is said to have been born before then. Like around 2 to 7 BC.

So why is it Year Zero?


That nowadays people assume he was born before 1 AD (if at all), doesn't really matter, when the Gregorian Calendar was passed 1 AD was the assumed date, and that's why we are stuck with it.


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ROMANS RULE !!


Just a little Italia there....lol


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Fair enough.

Seems kinda silly that people still go by it.


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Fair enough.

Seems kinda silly that people still go by it.


Just about everyone follows it. Standards are needed so that there is less confusion.


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ROMANS RULE !!


Just a little Italia there....lol


Sicilians are better


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well you gotta start somewhere. Seeing as no one was about to count the years when everything came into existence, & the sun and earth probably weren´t in the correct position to make a year any way. Whats the problem.

Or when do you think it should start?

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well you gotta start somewhere. Seeing as no one was about to count the years when everything came into existence, & the sun and earth probably weren´t in the correct position to make a year any way. Whats the problem.

Or when do you think it should start?


how about today


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Just about everyone follows it. Standards are needed so that there is less confusion.
What about the metric system?


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the zerions faught the clingons in war the battle was so catastrophic that a new calendar was started from the day proclaimed DAY ZERO


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What about the metric system?
That falls nicely into that category.


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That falls nicely into that category.
I'm saying that people used to use imperial, and they switched to metric, why can't same be done for the years?


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I'm saying that people used to use imperial, and they switched to metric, why can't same be done for the years?
What would be the reason?


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