Re: Concalendrical reference point

Tim May scripsit:

> Good, good, this is the kind of thing I was looking for.  Now, another
> question I should have asked - how do BC dates work?  That is, with
> regard to the Julian/Gregorian shift?
Unless otherwise specified, dates before the Gregorian cutover -- certainly
all B.C.E. dates -- are Julian ones.  Of course, exactly when the cutover
happens depends on what country you are in.  Technically, the Julian
calendar itself didn't start until 46 B.C.E., but it is typically
extended backward arbitrarily far, calendars before that date being
rather messy things.

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