Did the calender officially begin at the year 0 or 1?

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Of course, in the year 1AD, nobody realized it was the year 1AD, because dates were measured from the beginning of the reign of the Roman Emperor.

The AD designation didn’t actually come into use until around 530 AD, which would have been about 236 Anno Diocletian.
 
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