Atticus

Japanese: Atticus
Atticus

…The idea of ​​a calendar did not exist in Rome originally, and the method of using the year of the founding of Rome by Romulus and Remus as the starting point was initially a relative indication of "how many years since the founding of the city," but it gradually became established as a calendar. However, there were various theories about the year of the founding of Rome between 759 and 748 BC, and finally Varro adopted 753 BC calculated by Atticus and made it the general date. In later times, various other calendars were devised. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Atticus" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…紀年の考え方は元来ローマにはなく,ロムルスとレムスによるローマ建国の年を起点とする方法は,最初は〈建国より何年を経て〉といった相対的な示し方であったが,しだいに紀年として確立した。ただしローマ建国年は前759‐前748年の間で諸説あり,最終的にはアッティクスAtticusの算出した前753年をウァロが採用して一般化した。そのほか後代にはさまざまの紀年が考案された。…

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