What did they say the year was when it was BCE? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

What did they say the year was when it was BCE?

by Baileaf11

So say it was 25 BCE what would a person from that time say the year was ?

jelvinjs7

Depends on where in the world you were. More can be said, but for some examples:

/u/400-Rabbits tells us How Mesoamericans determined the year
/u/UndercoverClassicist has a couple write-ups addressing how Romans tracked dates and how to convert them into our calendar.
/u/Iphikrates answers How did people in Ancient Greece keep track of time and dates? What point in time did they think it was?