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

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[โ€“] ArcticAmphibian@lemmus.org 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Nope. 1 BC/BCE -> 1 AD/CE. That's just how it was designed.

[โ€“] gregorum@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The concept of zero had not even been discovered at the time the calendar was designed.

Almost. The first recorded use of 'Zero' was in Mesopotamia in 3BC/BCE. https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-the-zero

[โ€“] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

this is absolutely wrong.