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... beginning of the year on 1 January . I. ANCIENT RECKONINGS . For our present purpose it is not necessary to go further back than the time when Julius Caesar established or revised the calendar . Thenceforward the Civil Year always began ...
... beginning of the year on 1 January . I. ANCIENT RECKONINGS . For our present purpose it is not necessary to go further back than the time when Julius Caesar established or revised the calendar . Thenceforward the Civil Year always began ...
Page 116
... beginning of the Constantinian Indictions 2.3 The Egyptian date for its commencement , 29 August , was altered to 1 September ; and thenceforward the Byzantine year was reckoned from this day . Meanwhile Christianity had introduced a ...
... beginning of the Constantinian Indictions 2.3 The Egyptian date for its commencement , 29 August , was altered to 1 September ; and thenceforward the Byzantine year was reckoned from this day . Meanwhile Christianity had introduced a ...
Page 174
... ( beginning in the middle of a sentence ) , proceeded to rectify his error by writing the omitted words at the top of the page . They extend over the heads of both columns , and run out into five short lines in the right - hand margin ...
... ( beginning in the middle of a sentence ) , proceeded to rectify his error by writing the omitted words at the top of the page . They extend over the heads of both columns , and run out into five short lines in the right - hand margin ...
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