As I’ve mentioned in previous episodes, the moment when Seleucus re-entered Babylon marked the start of the Seleucid era- otherwise known as the ‘Anno Graecorum’ or ‘Year of the Greeks’. But when exactly did this start getting used? Why were there two different ways of measuring it? And how long did its use last for?
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