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

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[-] governorkeagan@lemdro.id 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I’m no expert but I assume that the year Christ died would be “year zero” (assuming you’re talking about anno Domini (AD) and before Christ (BC)) since we started counting after that.

EDIT: reading more on the topic I might be completely incorrect with my above statement. If someone else knows, please do correct me

EDIT 2: I found this on Wikipedia which talks about a “year zero”

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