Please explain my confused me like I'm 5 (0r 4 or 6).

  • davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_zero

    The year of Jesus’ supposed birth was counted as year 1 AD/CE. The year before that is considered year 1 BC/BCE. It’s worth noting that the concept of zero didn’t yet exist back then. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0#History