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How did Romans refer to years before the founding of Rome?

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The Roman calendar was counted Ab urbe condita ("from the foundation of the city"), in 753 BC; and it continued in use until the Anno Domini calendar was introduced ... The Jewish calendar has an even earlier starting point, 5,770 years ago, calculated as the date of the creation as described in scripture. read more

The dominance of one calendar for world events is quite recent and many other calendars remain in use: the Ethiopian calendar, for ­instance, has 13 months. The references AD and BC are sometimes ­replaced by CE and BCE: Common Era and Before the Common Era. read more

Capitoline Wolf, sculpture of the she-wolf feeding the twins Romulus and Remus, the most famous image associated with the founding of Rome The founding of Rome can be investigated through archaeology, but traditional stories handed down by the ancient Romans themselves explain the earliest history of their city in terms of legend and myth. read more

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