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From: Laurence Krupnak <>
Subject: Re: [AUSTRIA-L] Roman Numerals
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 22:01:25 -0500


So is the reason we have a "millennium mix-up" due to the Romans having
no numeral for zero? Did scholars 1,000 years ago get angry when
people celebrated the first millennium one year early, or were they
smart enough to celebrate at the end of 1000? (;-)

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