I've asked this question but I'm not satisfied with the answer.
In the year 5bc and before ,yer man, was born, And with him,religeon they must have kept some sort of calender.
One well educated person answered this question telling me that the years were named after consuls.,and years didn't count.
He names Publius Ccornelius Scipio Africanus as an example.
What a load of cr+p.
Imgine one Roman soldier asking his mate his age , and he gets the answer: I was born in the year of Publius Coornelius............
During the period just before ,yer man, arrived on the scene the Romans kept records which tell us what the soldiers had for breakfast.
They must have had a dating system
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2007-02-28
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