Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

Alluvium t1_j0fooi0 wrote

Reply to comment by Trovadordelrei in The Garamantes: Rome's neighbours in the Sahara. by AugustWolf22

It’s less Jesus and more the fact that during the start of the common era there was unifying religious events.

It also occurs as the romans establish a republic and kick off “modern government” in Europe. At the same time as others.

CE is less religion and more a western concept avoiding its primary importance to the religious folk - since fairytales don’t work well in history.

1

Wonckay t1_j0gchft wrote

CE is literally just AD with a different name. It definitely has nothing to do with the establishment of the Roman republic which collapsed before CE even started. These backwards rationalizations trying to ignore the actual origin of CE place unmerited importance on the period.

5