Message Forum: Re: 1500 Years?

Re: 1500 Years?

Posted By: Howard, on host 70.153.102.41
Date: Tuesday, June 6, 2006, at 14:31:53
In Reply To: Re: 1500 Years? posted by Sam on Tuesday, June 6, 2006, at 13:59:20:

> > When you translate the characters into modern script, it reads: "25 B.C."
> >
> > Hmmmm... I can't help questioning the authenticity of that coin...
>
> In those days, the Department of the Treasury had a prophet in their employ in order to determine what date to put on their coins. In A.D. 1, the lay-offs were terrible.

I remember when I was in about the 6th grade, the teacher was telling us about some guy in ancient Greece who was born in (I'm guessing at the numbers.) 200 BC and died in 140 BC. One of the kids objected to that, saying, "That can't be right unless he died before he was born."
Howard

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Message:	> > > When you translate the characters into modern script, it reads: "25 B.C." > > > > > > Hmmmm... I can't help questioning the authenticity of that coin... > > > > In those days, the Department of the Treasury had a prophet in their employ in order to determine what date to put on their coins. In A.D. 1, the lay-offs were terrible. > > I remember when I was in about the 6th grade, the teacher was telling us about some guy in ancient Greece who was born in (I'm guessing at the numbers.) 200 BC and died in 140 BC. One of the kids objected to that, saying, "That can't be right unless he died before he was born." > Howard
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