Late Night Time Measurement Silliness

[aquamarcia]

I have decided that for personal use I will henceforth declare the current epoch as having started from the founding of Rome, rather than the traditional birth of Christ thing people have been going with for so long. Employing the appropriate Latin phrase ab urbe condita (from the founding of the City [of Rome], an improved phrasing for the

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[not_croaker]

*grin* It's cool... lessee, if I recall my Roman numerals correctly, that'd be...

MMDCLX

Not bad, actually.

[aquamarcia]

According to this Roman numeral translator, 2,760 converts to MMDCCLX. The same page provides the fully converted Julian date in the Roman style for 16 September 2007 as DIES SOLIS A.D. III NON. SEP. MMDCCLX A.U.C.

My birthdate in Julian/Roman is DIES MARTIS A.D. XIII KAL. IVL. MMDCCXXI A.U.C.

Now I need to know the Latin for totally badass. :)

[not_croaker]

Yep, I miscounted a century. My bad. :)

[aquamarcia]

What's a century one way or another among friends...? :)

[sinanju]

Really, though, if you're gonna use a truly personal timekeeping measurement, the correct date is MY BIRTHDAY. In which case, we're in the year 48 A.S. (Ante Sinanju).

And my father, for instance, was born in 25 B.S. (Before Sinanju).

[aquamarcia]

It may be good we don't live in a world where everyone measures the current epoch as having started from their birth. We'd all have to walk around with calculators to translate to and from each other's calendars.

[sinanju]

No, no--you misunderstand.

It isn't that everyone uses their own birthday as the defining moment in human history. They use MINE. :D

[aquamarcia]

I smell an attempt at world domination.