Author: Amir Ban
Date: 05:40:52 12/16/99
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On December 15, 1999 at 19:44:33, allan johnson wrote:
>Thorsten Without wanting to be a wet blanket can I say that the name
>of your tournament is out by a year.The new millennium doesn't begin until 2001.
>The Romans did not use 0 and so the century began in the year1.Never mind.
>What about calling it the Penultimate Millennium Tournament?
>Regards Allan
I don't want to be a wet blanket either but I think in the year 1 the Romans
weren't even aware that there's a new year count going on. I think the first
year to be counted A.D. ("year of our lord") was around 100 or so.
Amir
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