What we call, for example, 63 BCE was for them 'the consulship of Marcus Tullius Cicero and Gaius Antonius Hybrida;' and wine made 'when Optimus was consul' (121 BCE) was a particularly famous vintage.
Is this actually a better measure of time? For example for many 2020 was the year the pandemic started; 2019 could be known as the year American became energy independent once again during the third year of the Trump Presidency, or 2022 could be known as the year the Biden Administration caused uncontrolled inflation.
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