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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

Dionysius did not use a year zero; the year preceding AD 1 was 1 BC.

  • “The Oxford Companion to the Year” by Blackburn & Holford-Strevens

There was not a year zero. This isn’t a conspiracy theory.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    BC and AD are separate numbering schemes- so just because there is no year 0 defined doesn't mean you can't extrapolate - 0 AD is the same as 1 BC, and you'll have -1 AD which is equivalent to 2 BC and so forth...

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