On Fri, 14 May 1999 19:22:13 +0100
"Simon Matterface" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> As I understand it years are reckoned as before or after the Nativity, those
> before being denoted BC (before Christ) and those after by AD (anno Domini,
> "in the year of the Lord"). Chronologers admit no year zero between 1 BC and
> AD 1, meaning that calculation of years is inclusive. Therefore the first
> decade did indeed end with the tenth year, and it follows that the Millenium
> will end in the year 2000, not 1999.
You're right. I blame the media. :)
Doug
--
Doug Weller Moderator, sci.archaeology.moderated
Submissions to:[log in to unmask]
Doug's Archaeology Site: http://www.ramtops.demon.co.uk
Co-owner UK-Schools mailing list: email me for details
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|