Show Year of Christs Christ's Birth History tells us that for years the Christians had no calendar of their own but reckoned the years according to the customs of the nations to which they belonged The Roman Christians used the Anna or year of the founding of Rome to count 1 from others counted from the reign of calling it the Era of the Martyrs and sUH others used the calendar of the Copts of Egypt In the I sixth century Denis Deals the Little a n. Greek y monk living in Rome tome made a n. calendar counting from the Incarnation the date of ot which he fixed at A. A U. U C. C j So we commonly say that Rome was i I founded in B. B C. C At the beginning I of the eighth century the venerable Bede pointed out that this was an historical historical historical his his- blunder But no general notice notice no no- tice was taken of his criticism and the error has continued to this day historic HistorIc Historic His His- facts have enabled modern scholars scholars scholars schol schol- ars to determine without much possibility possibility pos pos- of or doubt the exact year of the birth of Jesus and to place it at what we call 5 B. B EG E.G. C. C |