On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:00:36 -0700, Howard Brazee wrote:
>
>>I'm not sure that matters; the sequence of year numbers can hardly
>>be coerced to be closed. For example, if from 1912 (sinking of the
>>Titanic) I subtract 1957 (dawn of the Space Age), I get -45 (the
>>year Caesar proclaimed the Julian calendar). Really!?
>
>Caesar?
>
Did I misspell it? From here, it's not easy for me to type
a ligature for the "ae".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar
(That's the way they spell it, too.)
-- gil
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