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Originally Posted by Josseppie
Technically I would say there was but just as in BC at the time they did not know it was 0. Or even care for that matter.
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The point is, if we can determine in retrospect that a certain emperor was in power from May 1, 1 BCE until May 1, 1 CE, was his reign one year or two years? Or, if the emperor is known to have died in 1 CE after being in power for two years, do we reckon that he became emperor in 1 BCE (counting zero), or in 2 BCE?
Actually, as it turns out, historians and astronomers differ:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0_%28year%29
So if a historical reference were found to a person who observed a certain astronomical event that occurred in 10 BCE, historians would have to say that that person was in that place in 9 BCE, historical time, matching all other historical events that are calculated to be in 9 BCE.