PugJesus@piefed.socialM to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 23 days agoDaily trivia - there actually was no difference between the Greeks and Romans, that's a 19th century AD invention of Hellenophobes secretly working for the Ottoman Empiremedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down10 cross-posted to: memes@sopuli.xyzmemes@lemmy.world
arrow-up155arrow-down1imageDaily trivia - there actually was no difference between the Greeks and Romans, that's a 19th century AD invention of Hellenophobes secretly working for the Ottoman Empiremedia.piefed.socialPugJesus@piefed.socialM to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square5linkfedilink cross-posted to: memes@sopuli.xyzmemes@lemmy.world
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agoAUC wasn’t very common in Ancient Rome, no. Generally, they preferred the names of the year’s consuls (ie “The year of Caesar and Bibulus”), or else the regnal year of the reigning Emperor (ie “In the third year of our fair Emperor Claudius”).
AUC wasn’t very common in Ancient Rome, no. Generally, they preferred the names of the year’s consuls (ie “The year of Caesar and Bibulus”), or else the regnal year of the reigning Emperor (ie “In the third year of our fair Emperor Claudius”).