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Daily trivia - there actually was no difference between the Greeks and Romans, that's a 19th century AD invention of Hellenophobes secretly working for the Ottoman Empire (infosec.pub)
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[โ€“] esc@piefed.social 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It's all went downhill since we stopped measuring time from the foundation of the city.

Tap for spoilerAlso isn't it a semi-modern thing that wasn't all that popular in the actual Greece?

[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 6 hours ago

AUC wasn't very common in Ancient Rome, no. Generally, they preferred the names of the year's consuls (ie "The year of Caesar and Bibulus"), or else the regnal year of the reigning Emperor (ie "In the third year of our fair Emperor Claudius").