Richard Clark writes: >> I've always liked the view that the first century spanned the years 1-99.
Poul-Henning Kamp replies: > Yes, the appeal is obvious, apart from that pescy detail of “century" meaning > "hundred"... Richard had already rendered objection moot: >> The current year numbering system came into use several centuries after the >> first so 'the 1st Century' was not even in use during the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd >> centuries. Rob -- “Mythology is only the most ancient history and biography. So far from being false or fabulous in the common sense, it contains only enduring and essential truth, the I and you, the here and there, the now and then, being omitted. Either time or rare wisdom writes it. Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.” - Henry David Thoreau _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
