Posted 16 September 2002 - 12:43 PM Me: "Erm.. 21st century -
you remember what we did last lesson..." Pupil: "Ah.. I thought
you'd say that Sir. However if you look at this book it says
that as Jesus was born in the year 0, the first century is the
hundred years that follow." Me: "Fair enough.." Pupil: "So, this
means that 0 to 100 is the first century.. meaning 101 to 200 is
the second century... so surely then this means 2000 is the
twentieth century?" Sorry - got even more confused - the fire
alarm went off and I had to evacuate. Anyway, the question still
stands - which century is the year 2000 in? Posted 16 September
2002 - 03:51 PM The year before Christ was born was 1 B.C.
Christ was born (well at least we count time from this arbitry
point) in Anno Domini 1. 1 to 100 is a set of 100 years. The
first century A.D. 101 to 200 is the second set of 100 years
(count 'em). The second centrury A.D. and so on... 1901 to 2000
is the 20th set of one hundred years - 20th century A.D. Here we
are in 2002 - the se