Dilwyn Jones wrote:
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The development of language can probably be mirrored to the development of traditions as well. Take the date of Christmas for example. Most Christians now celebrate Christmas on 25th December and assume Christ was born in 0 AD or 1AD (can't remember how the numbering works).
When Dennis the Little invented the BC/AD calendar in 247 Anno Diocletiani, zero hadn't reached Europe (not for about another 500 years) and so 1BC was followed by 1AD. He calculated that Christ was born 531 years earlier and that became his 1AD.
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