Re: 4GT/Millenium Trains and the DKT's, DKM's

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Barry Campbell wrote:

> David Johnson wrote in message <39CB5AEA.C59D3C1A@ozemail.com.au>...
> >Barry Campbell wrote:
> >
> >> If the first century (and millenium) started in year zero, which it
> >> logically must have, then the second millenium must have ended at the end
> of
> >> the year 1999.
> >
> >There was no year zero.  1 BC = 1 year before Christ.  1 AD = 1st year in
> the
> >presence of Our Lord. (Amini Domini  sp?)
> >
> Nor was there a 1BC or 1AD (Anno domini = in the year of our lord). The
> whole scheme was worked out hundreds of years later by some monk. (See post
> from David Bromage). My point is that there *should* have been a year zero
> as it is absurd to go from minus 1 to plus 1 without zero between.

You are taking it out of context.  1 BC was the year Before Christ was born.  1
AD was the first year During the life of Christ.

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