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From: stevemac@bud.indirect.com (Pascal MacProgrammer)
Subject: Meaning of Latin letter "A" in date context "AXM".
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Not so very long ago, sjoland@ix.netcom.com (Peter/Stephen Sjolander) said...

>I have a stone that dates to around the year 1000 A.D.  On it is the 
>Roman numeral date XM.  However this obvious date is preceded by the 
>letter "A".  What was the usage of "A" in this context?

  A guess off the top of my head:
  This may be an abbreviation of "Anno Christi M", an alternative to 
"Anno Domini M" -- "in the Year of Christ 1000".

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