Author: James Robertson
Date: 22:05:49 12/16/99
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On December 16, 1999 at 08:40:52, Amir Ban wrote:
>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
We don't even know in which year Jesus was born, so all this is a moot point....
James
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