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Constantinus I - Vicipaedia Anno 305 eo contigit, ut patrem in Britannia obiret, ubi inter expeditionem eius contra Pictos et Scotos excellevit. Annos secutos Constantinus problemis ecclesiae in Africa conflingere debuit, quae in ecclesiam catholicam et in Donatistos divisa est. Anno 326 flagitium privatum evenit: Constantinus Crispum maiorem filium necavit, dein Faustam uxore. la.wikipedia.org /wiki/Constantinus_I   (907 words)

Anno Diocletiani - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) The anno Diocletiani era or the Diocletian era or the Era of Martyrs is a method of numbering years used by Alexandrian Christians during the fourth and fifth centuries. When Dionysius Exiguus continued those tables for additional 95 years, he replaced the anno Diocletiani era with his anno Domini era because he did not wish to continue the memory of a tyrant who persecuted Christians. The anno Domini era became dominant in the Latin West but was not used in the Greek East until modern times. encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /anno_diocletiani.htm   (370 words)

Anno Diocletiani   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) Anno 1452 Cards English translation of the German rules for Anno 1452. Anno HQ Informationen zu den Völkern, den Klimazonen, zum Militär sowie Downloads zum Spiel. Anno 1503 Offizielle Seite zum Spiel mit News, Support, Produktinfo und einer Community. www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Anno_Diocletiani.html   (286 words)

Julian calendar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anno Diocletiani, named after Diocletian, was often used by the Alexandrian Christians to number their Easters during the fourth and fifth centuries. The indiction caused the Byzantine year to begin on 1 September, which is still used in the Eastern Orthodox Church for the beginning of the liturgical year. In AD 525 Dionysius Exiguus proposed the system of anno Domini, which gradually spread through the western Christian world, once the system was adopted by Bede. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Julian_Calendar   (2453 words)

Anno domino - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Anno domino   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) Anno Mundi (Latin: in the year of the world) Anno Regni Regis/Reginae (in the year of the king/queen's reign) This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. encyclopedia.farlex.com /Anno+domino   (226 words)

Anno Diocletiani -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) The era was used to number the year in (A Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox) Easter tables produced by the Church of Alexandria. The anno Domini era became dominant in the (Any dialect of the language of ancient Rome) Latin West but was not used in the (A native or inhabitant of Greece) Greek East until modern times. Most Roman Christians designated their years by naming the two (A diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country) consuls who held office that year. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/an/anno_diocletiani.htm   (449 words)

Millennial Questions The 6th-century monk Dionysius Exiguus (also called Dennis the Short) recast the calendar so that years would be counted from the birth of Christ (anno Domini [A.D.]; in the year of the Lord) instead of the beginning of the reign of the Roman emperor Diocletian (anno Diocletiani). A.D. 532–formerly anno Diocletiani 248–became the first year counted according to the Christian era. Dionysius, however, miscalculated the birth of Christ, which is believed by many scholars to have been 4 B.C. Had the years been recalibrated accordingly, the millennium would have occurred on Jan. 1, 1997. www.infoplease.com /spot/millennium1.html   (270 words)

[No title] Hoc expresse apparet ex dicto nostri Coriolani contemporanei: in suo senio graecas litteras didicit, in quibus sic evasit peritus, ut de graeco in latinum, ac etiam e contra de latino in graecum multa memoratu digna traduxerit, ac etiam in utraque composuerit. Anno 1537 in Sacello Pontificio suam summam eloquentiam ostendit [P. saepius in curia Romana perorando. Anno 1539 in exsequiis Elisabethae Imperatricis Neapoli concionem funebrem dixit, in cujus memoriam Reverendissimus P. Generalis Hieronymus Seripandus suis Registris haec inseruit: die 22 Maij anno 1539 in aedibus nostris S. Augustini Illustrissimo D. web.tiscali.it /ghirardacci1/Ossinger/OSSINGER-N.htm   (4044 words)

airmails.ca - Anno Domini   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) Anno Domini is a Christian a cappella group ma... Anno Domini - Cast, Crew, Reviews, Plot Summary, C... New Zealand's first science fiction novel, Anno Domini 2000 - A Woman's Destiny, and in the process, set a standard here for science fiction imitating life. www.airmails.ca /Anno-Domini/reference/search   (317 words)

Anno Diocletiani : Anno Diocletiani Eventually, many Christians wanted a calendar system based on the birth of Jesus, so the Dionysius Exiguus replaced it with the anno Domini system because he did not wish to continue the memory of a tyrant who persecuted Christians. The Anno Diocletiani calendar system was not the only one used by early Christians. Most Roman Christians continued to use the secular Julian Calendar while Christians in Egypt and the Holy Land had used a calendar based on the birth of Jesus since the 2nd century A.D. Christians in Spain used the aera Hispanica from the fifth century well into the Middle Ages. www.gogeeky.net /title/anno-diocletiani   (193 words)

Ad The Anno Domini nomenclature for the chronological era in which we live is somewhat controversial for some people. Anno Domini dating was not the initial choice of Christians in the Mediterranean world. The Anno Domini system was developed by a monk named Dionysius Exiguus (often described as a Scythian) in Rome around the middle of the 6th century, but was not widely adopted. www.websters-online-dictionary.org /Ad/Ad.html   (3809 words)

Anno Diocletiani Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) Looking For anno diocletiani - Find anno diocletiani and more at Lycos Search. Find anno diocletiani - Your relevant result is a click away! Look for anno diocletiani - Find anno diocletiani at one of the best sites the Internet has to offer! www.karr.net /search/encyclopedia/Anno_Diocletiani   (555 words)

Calendars: Consideration of the Origin of the Yearly Count in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars by Sepp Rothwangl It is, however, probable that the adjustment of this yearly count had the aim eliciting the coincidence of a conjunction of all planets with the second millennium in order to mark the end of an assumed religious age. Anno Domini (AD) or Christian or Common Era (CE) counts the years after the adjusted date of Christ's incarnation, which traditionally is celebrated annually at 25th March during the former Northward Spring Equinox (NSE). The AM yearly counting system was the base of the five-volume Chronography of Sextus Julius Africanus, which he published during the consulate of Gratus and Seleucus (AD 221). cura.free.fr /xx/17sepp1.html   (4664 words)

When Did the New Millennium Begin? Since the "Anno Domini" system did not come into effect until the 6th Century A.D. it is artificial to speak of the years 1 A.D., 100 A.D., etc., because people living at that time knew nothing of this system of numbering years (since it had not then been invented yet). It is thus clear that the answer to the question as to when the new millennium begins depends on which system of year-numbering one chooses to use. Christians may prefer to stay with the system of years "Anno Domini", in which case they must answer that the new millennium begins on 1st January 2001 A.D. Scientists and others who prefer a more rational and useful system of numbering years may prefer to adopt explicitly the astronomical system. www.hermetic.ch /cal_stud/newmill.htm   (2268 words)

Anno Diocletiani - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) Anno Diocletiani - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography This page was last modified 22:13, 2 May 2005. This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Anno Diocletiani contains research on www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Anno_Diocletiani   (415 words)

138-06.htm The year 247 anno Diocletiani became 531 anno domini. The anno domini system was introduced into our island at the time of the Venerable Bede, who was at the height of his influence in the early eighth century. To reflect its world-wide use, it is becoming usual not to refer to anno domini but rather to the "Common Era" (CE). www.users.zetnet.co.uk /BOW3741/138-06.htm   (1930 words)

Sans Fig Leaf - 2/10/00 The Julian calendar became the standard throughout Europe and parts of Asia and Africa, thanks first to the expansion of the Roman Empire, and then to the expansion of the Christian churches. Dionysius proposed renumbering the calendar from the Incarnation of Christ, which is why, as the Catholic Church and Catholic nations adopted his calendar, they refered to this dates as A.D. for "Anno Domini," the year of the Lord. It is important to note that Dionysius wanted his calendar to begin on the date he believed Mary conceived Jesus, which he (and most of Christendom at the time) thought was March 25, of the year 753 a.u.c. www.sansfigleaf.com /2000/f000210.htm   (2056 words)

calendar Later, early Christians counted the date from the year that Emperor Diocletian ascended to the Imperial throne, and year one became known as Anno Diocletiani, the year 284 by our calendar, and the beginning of the Age of the Martyrs. Anno Domini was meant to be the year of Christ's birth, and it has therefore become the basis of Millenarian hysteria about the second coming both in the past and in the present. However, most historians agree that Dionysius Exiguous got it wrong, and that Christ was actually born in 4 BC. www.slais.ubc.ca /courses/libr500/fall1999/www_presentations/s_dunkin/calendar.htm   (591 words)

Historiatxt6   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) Hic tertio et vicesimo imperii anno, aetatis septuagesimo octavo, ingenti omnium gaudio mortuus est in Campania. Obiit tricesimo et altero aetatis anno, imperii quarto decimo, atque in eo omnis Augusti familia consumpta est. Quinto tamen Constantinus imperii sui anno bellum adversum Maxentium civile commovit, copias eius multis proeliis fudit, ipsum postremo Romae adversum nobiles omnibus exitiis saevientem apud pontem Mulvium vicit Italiaque est potitus. www.pntic.mec.es /eos/MaterialesEducativos/mem2000/nomisma/anv/archiv_anv/historiatxt6.htm   (2998 words)

The 21st Century and the Third Millennium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) However, he did not want his Easter table "to perpetuate the memory of an impious persecutor of the Church, but preferred to count and denote the years from the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ." To accomplish this he designated the years of his table Anni Domini Nostri Jesu Christi 532-550. Thus, Dionysius' Anno Domini 532 is equivalent to Anno Diocletiani 248, so that a correspondence was established between the new Christian Era and an existing system associated with historical records. What Dionysius did not do is establish an accurate date for the birth of Christ. aa.usno.navy.mil /faq/docs/millennium.html   (723 words)

Fun_People Archive - 10 Jan - "The Church is accommodating when nothing important is at stake" Dionysius was using the Alexandrian method to calculate his own Easter tables when the thought struck him that he was living in the 525th year since the birth of Christ. The monk saw the opportunity to dispense with the old numbering system -- Anno Diocletiani, in which years were counted from the beginning of the reign of that Roman Emperor. Anno Domini languished for 200 years, until Bede, the Northumbrian Anglo-Saxon monk, picked up Dionysius's system and popularized it in his classic work, the Ecclesiastical History of the English People, completed in 731. www.langston.com /Fun_People/2000/2000AAW.html   (4901 words)

Sample lesson Some Christians of Dionysius' time already were using a "Years of the Martyrs" calendar commemorating their last great Roman persecution under Emperor Diocletian. It was called the "anno Diocletiani" calendar, and its dating started when Diocletian became emperor in (what would be) 284 A.D. Other Christians wanted the calendar based on Jesus' life. It would be very far into the future if we were still using the "anno Diocletiani" calendar. www.angelfire.com /biz/tchpr/sample.html   (2700 words)

Getting Through Customs By the way, we use the initials A.D. to stand for anno Domini, which means "the year of our Lord." In formal usage these initials go before the date. However, in practice, they now often follow the date, as do the initials B.C. It should not be surprising that many non-Christians do not like to use the Christian notations B.C. and A.D. Consequently, the initials C.E. for Common Era and B.C.E. for Before Common Era have been adopted by many. The Coptic Christians of Egypt retain the original meaning of the abbreviation A.D., which originally stood for anno Diocletiani, or "the year of Diocletian." Diocletian was a Roman emperor who ordered the last major Roman persecution of Christians. www.getcustoms.com /2004GTC/Articles/iw1199.html   (1236 words)

Mark Explains . . . Year Zero   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) So even then they called their years "AD" - but it stood for Anno Diocletiani instead of Anno Domini. The new basis for counting was first dreamed up in the fourth century, by a monk named Dionysius Exigesis in Latin, "Dennis the Little" in English. December 25th was chosen to give Christians something to celebrate while their Pagan neighbors were having their big winter solstice celebration; it's kind of like the elevation of Chanukah in Judaism, which is a relatively minor holiday that gets more attention than it otherwise would, because of its proximity to Christmas. thereeds.org /~mark/explicatio/year_zero.rhtml   (1018 words)

Comments on 8870 | Ask MetaFilter The Julian calendar began in 45 BC, and the Romans (and hence, the rest of Europe) reckoned from this date (so, AD 1 was year 45 of the roman calendar). Dionysius complained that earlier Easter tables used a calendar widley followed at the time, which started at AD 284, the year the Emperor Diocletian ascended to the throne. Under this system the year...was designated as 247 anno diocletiani...But Diocleatian was a notorious persecutor of Christians, noted Dionysius, who tells Petronius that he 'preferred to count and denote the years from the incarnation of our Lord'....Dionysius calculated that Christ was born exactly 531 years earlier - which became his base year of AD 1. ask.metafilter.com /mefi/8870   (2928 words)

L'anno zero della cronologia con gli Anni Domini Tesi che, è bene ribadire, si fonda sul fatto che, i nostri antenati, contavano con le dita delle mani, e che la loro preoccupazione, designando gli anni, era anche di ricordare che anniversario (di un episodio importante della loro storia), cadesse in un determinato anno tropico, per poterlo poi festeggiare, esattamente, nel giorno previsto. A questo punto è bene precisare che, nell'antica Roma, la fondamentale cronologia Ab Urbe Condita, convisse sovente con altre cronologie, che consistevano nel contrassegnare gli anni solari con riferimento agli anni di regno di un imperatore, e ciò, anche se quest'ultimo era, nel frattempo, deceduto. Anche questa cosa, nel corso dei secoli, l'abbiamo dimenticata, ma comunque, alla luce della designazione degli anni, cadendo entrambi gli anniversari, all'interno del medesimo anno solare, ciò non sposta perfettamente niente in termini cronologici, neanche se si tenta di dare agli anni Domini, il significato di anni dopo la nascita di Cristo. digilander.libero.it /ultimus2001/18.zeroAD.htm   (573 words)

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