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Explanation: In reality, of course, Romans had their own date system, typically using either the ruling consuls for the year, or, less commonly, the number of years since Rome was founded (Ab Urbe Condita, AUC). BC/AD wasn't invented until the 6th century AD.
I think that's the idea of AD: We used to count in years of the current king, now Jesus is our lord and king
I mean, PJ didn't mention it, but AUC was an innovation on top of the emperor-consul system, developed by major Roman scholar Verro and some other guy. So, just moving from Romulus and Remus to Jesus was incremental.