Beyond AD and CE: How the ancient world tracked time
We often assume the modern calendar has always existed, but the AD/CE system was a later medieval invention. This video explores the diverse dating methods used across the classical world before our current system took hold.
The dating system we rely on today, AD/CE, was introduced during the Middle Ages, largely by accident. Before this era, the Greeks and Romans did not use a singular, standardized system like the one we use now. Instead, the classical world employed a wide variety of different methods to track and record the passing years.
Source: How did the Greeks and Romans count Years?
