How did the Ancient Romans count Years?

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

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[@GordonGrant-o1h]

Great video Leo , really enjoyed it 😊

[@vulpes7079]

Do not use AI for thumbnails. It damages your channel's credibility. If you would use AI for the thumbnail, it's reasonable to assume that you wouldn't have any qualms about using AI for the script which would thus be full of false information

[@anthonyseta4566]

Julian Calendar Birth Date: 1969 Ab urbe condita Birth Date: 2722 I very much appreciate your videos and the great knowledge that you share with the community. Thank you!

[@QuantumHistorian]

That bronze tablet is wonderful. It's full of the pomp and ceremony that bureaucracies inevitably attach to their more important acts. But then it ends with the Roman equivalent of _"according to the official records, kept behind the bike sheds."_ Looks like Roman addresses were even harder to specify than Roman dates.

[@christopherevans2445]

I really like that Valerian tetradrachm. Thanks again for your work on these videos. Always enjoy

[@ricu273]

Thank you for making such videos, this channel has been an inspiration for me.

[@Mattdewit]

11:20 Is also a very interesting source about marriage within the Roman army which was probably legally forbidden but tolerated.

[@bratrcunik4571]

Thanks for explaining the dating on the Egyptian coins.

[@-ZTUN-]

Incredible video really amazing how this doesnt have more views keep going this channel should get much more attention!

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

Thank you very much! The youtube algorithm has been finicky with me. Sometimes it pushes some videos hard, and in other it just ignores me. Well, lets hope 2024 brings more subs :)

[@paulfly3121]

I was born in 1959, or 2712 AUC. Thanks!

[@keithagn]

Wow! What an interesting video! I was born in 2706 AVC (1953) Thank you! Regards from Canada 🇨🇦

[@philipwatersdeaf]

I was born in 2730 AVC in the consulship of Fraser and Antony (Australia)

[@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156]

A friend of mine sometimes insists on expressing temperatures in Kelvin. I think I will start to sometimes express years in AVC.

[@aureaphilos]

Excellent video! From a new subscriber and fan born in MMDCCXII AVC EISENHOVER III PRE II

[@Mike_of_the_Sonora]

I was born in the year 2747 AUC

[@JuanPerez-cs1gx]

I am trying to imagine a modern company or government organisation but in Ancient Rome. I guess besides the specialists in Law or Accountancy there would also need be a person or department in charge of figuring out how old was some guy from some Colonia overseas that counts time based on when was the last time a volcano erupted and things like that.

[@bvds2007]

Fantastic video!

[@ruufusdeleon1264]

I was born in the year 2719 AVC. 1966 CE.

[@logancook5261]

I was born on AUC year 2760 under the consulship of George Walker Bush and Richard Bruce Cheney.

[@vivianbeckford3084]

I was born in the 31st year of Elizabeth, in the 5th year of Thatcher and Howe

[@Dermer1543]

I was born on 2756 Ad Urbe Condita. Under the consulship of Miller and Kwaśniewski (Poland)

[@ariebrons7976]

So you where born in 2002?

[@Dermer1543]

@@ariebrons7976 2003

[@caracallaavg]

I was born in 2747 AVC, the year of Clinton and Gore

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

"The Year of Clinton and Gore". Nice

[@billyli6138]

The Republic of China using the year of Republic system similar to roman which the 1st Year of Republic start at 1912. 2023 AD is the 112th Year of the Republic.

[@sammyjones8279]

Japan does something similar with its emperors - each new emperor is a new "era", though they mostly use the Gregorian calender for every day stuff

[@antonio4782]

Excellent video,a hug.

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

Thank you! :)

[@skuul666]

I'm from AUC 2741 Or born in 8th year of Queen Beatrix ;P

[@tatrankaska2305]

If the consulship system was used in bureaucracy, where was the AUC system used except for Rome's anniversaries? I can imagine historians would have found it much more useful than the consulship system, but the same can be said with bureaucrats too.

[@jimmydesouza4375]

The consulship system is actually used for almost everything, including modern historians (though they equate it to gregorian of course). It seems ridiculous to us, but it's a matter of what you're acclimatised to.

[@QuantumHistorian]

You pretty much nailed it. AUC was used by historians and for odd celebrations, but otherwise not. Bureaucrats don't really need it. The only advantage of AUC (or BC/AD) is that it lets you know instantly how many years passed between two events, and which one came first, without needing to look up a list of all consuls. But bureaucrats don't deal with multi-year stuff so often, and when they do, it will almost always be recent years where they know who the consuls were.

[@aggelosvatis]

I was born in 2735 AUC.😅

[@colbystearns5238]

I was born in the year 2746 Ab Urbe Condita.

[@ariebrons7976]

so in 1996?

[@colbystearns5238]

@@ariebrons7976 Maybe I miscalculated but 1993.

[@rebelsoldier8013]

I should tell people that I was born in the year 2753 Ad Urbe Condita lol

[@tomurg]

And I was born in 2749 AUC, or 1996 AD

[@rileyhinshaw8659]

​@@tomurgbro, same! 2749 AUC in the month of the goddess Juno

[@leonardodtc4847]

Thank God for Pope Gregory XIII

[@C_B_Hubbs]

I just want to point out that is is supposed to be "Ab Vrbe Condita", meaning from the foundation of the city. "Ab" means from. "Ad" means to, which I suppose could be used for counting years prior to the foundation.

[@C_B_Hubbs]

I was born in the year 2750 from the foundation of the City. In anno MMDCCL Ab Vrbe Condita natus sum.

[@ariebrons7976]

Εγω Αριος Ιαελλις γιγνοσκειν εν τον: 17 Νοβεμβηρ Χ.Γ * 1998 Αννο Δωμινουμ. 17 εν τον Δεκεμβηρ Κ.Χ**. 506 χρονου εξ Θανατου Ρωμαιου. 2752 χρονου αδ ουρμπε κονδιτα. Χ.Γ = τον Γρεγοριου Χρονου. Χ.Κ = τον Καισαρων χρονου. I Arie son of Yael was born on: the seventeenth of November 1998 by the Gregorian Calledar And in the seventeenth of December by Caesar's Callendar (Which adds one month I think) 506 years after the death (destruction) of Rome. 2752 years after the city of Rome was founded.

[@ancientcoinoutlet]

Yo. I'm Nov. 18 98

[@danielralston7182]

2710 / 1957 in the month of Augustus.

[@janiskar7892]

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[@ottolehikoinen6193]

Is it possible to collect an ancient coin from each year, and how long a period could be covered so? 2724 AUC, 15th year of Kekkonen.

[@NathanDudani]

Lol

[@QuantumHistorian]

Depends on when you take antiquity to end, which is a matter of nomenclature and convention more than anything else. But from 550BC ish to then would be doable, if difficult.

[@ottolehikoinen6193]

@@QuantumHistorian that's almost unbelievable! But I guess Near Eastern and other coins could fill up the more difficult years.

[@comesignotus9888]

Almost whispering: shouldn't it be "aB urbe condita", "from the city founded", rather than "aD urbe condita", "to the city founded"? (Besides, "ad" requires an accusative, so it would be "ad urbem conditam" - which is certainly not used in time records.) Thank you for your videos!

[@Neilos-sd6ti]

It makes more sense translating to a romance language like spanish where ab urbe condita turns into: desde la fundacion de la ciudad

[@Ie1222_]

I wish there was a way to count years that wasn't connected to christianity somehow but is still relevant to western culture.

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

Even if you are secular, the dating system we use is more than anything a cultural historical consensus. If not a part of your particular religious beliefs, see it as a part of your culture.

[@QuantumHistorian]

You could use CE/BCE rather than AD/BC, but that's just using Christianity implicitly. In fact, by claiming that things post Jesus are "common" to all mankind, it's elevating the importance of Christianity even more! Still, sometimes making explicit references to Christ in things completely unrelated to him (like when talking about antiquity) is a bit odd so the work around is a reasonable option. But really, @ClassicalNumismatics answer is the best one. AD/BC, nowadays, has as much to do with Christianity as Santa Claus - they've far outgrown their religious roots to become a ubiquitous cultural reference.

[@colbystearns5238]

The French attempted to do that during the French Revolution but Napoleon snuffed it out and brought back the old one.

[@Matts_Ancient_Coins]

I think “the human era” should be the new system. So add 10k years the Christian calendar & that’s it

[@FelixFortunaRex]

Maybe try Jewish calendar. 5784 yr. Maybe that helps. Maybe not

[@foreverraining1522]

I love how Romans took their citizenship seriously. I wish Americans did that.

[@EtnoZam]

The concept of citizenship is meaningless if regardlesss everyone has the same rights and benefits.