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reader question Lucas Ribeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
illustrates Rafael Nunes Cerveglieri
It depends. The first farmers already knew the seasons and calculated the time between one summer and another. To establish a countdown, each civilization had its own way. Egyptians set the milestone around 3000 BC For the Greeks, it was the year of the first Olympics (around 2500 BC). For the Romans, the founding of Rome (753 BC). Christian standardization, on the other hand, emerged long after Christ, in 525, when Pope John I decided to institute the same calendar for the Church around the world.
WHAT YEAR WOULD WE BE…
…If we followed ancient calendars
Roman – 2769
Greek – 4516
Egyptian – 5014
READ TOO
– What was the year of Christ’s birth?
– How was the conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity?
– How did the Olympics come about?
– What are the main Egyptian gods?
SOURCES University of Coimbra (Portugal) and World Digital Library websites