Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FitzNigel, post: 3905588, member: 74712&quot;]The theory is nonsense - I think Kevin’s mention of the Byzantine’s would probably give you some good numismatic evidence since many of their coins contain years of issue (as regal years) and could probably be pieced together.&nbsp; Islamic coins are also dated, but I’m not sure when that dating starts, but surely by the Abbasid dynasty which began in the mid eighth century.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the fact that the venerable Bede - the man who popularized the Anno Domini dating system - lived at the end of the 7th and beginning of the 8th centuries, and he calculated these years, should be evidence enough.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in