Dates and Horology

From the Foundation

"On the keeping of time, it is of historical fact the City of Roma’s founding shall forever be the start of all things significant. From Hector’s blood and Aneid’s journey were Christianity’s roots so established, and therefore rightly all time spawns henceforth from them." - The Libri Carolini

Upon Emperor Charlemagne’s rejection of the seventh ecumenical council's verdicts (now known as the Second Council of Nicea), and the creation of his subsequent rebuttal, The Libri Carolini, an eighth and final ecumenical council was convened. Frankish knights regathered the members, forcefully bringing them back to quorum. On November 1, 1540 A.U.C., the Libri Carolini was read in its entirety, inclusive of its addendum on Ab Urbe Condita as an adjunct to his opinion on the iconoclasm verdict, establishing one true telling of time.   The Eastern Orthodoxy, initially resistant, acquiesced under the stern eyes of Charlemagne’s men-at-arms, all of whom attended the conference. The delivery of the verdict and calendar back to Constantinople, along with the later marriage of Charlemagne to Irene of Athens, began what is now known as The Small Reunification, as the east and west empires rejoined, standardizing time and movement throughout greater Europa.    

Ab Urbe Condita

The formal measurement of years and time, Ab Urbe Condita (From the Foundation of the City), begins as it should, at the very birth of the City of Roma - 1 AUC. Before the founding of The Eternal City is considered the Era De Correptione (Era of Correction), and years are recorded differently and outside the current purview.