ohnhai, a good case be made that Rome simply didn't experience religion in the same way we do at all. That actually supports the idea that the Western date would be derived from the founding of Rome, making this year 2758 AUC (Ab Urba Condita - "From the founding of the city").
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The Chinese date ia an interesting case. In practice Chinese chronology dated from the rise of a partiuclar dynasty, not from any particular event. Possibly that number is derived from just adding together the regnal durations, but I'm not aware of that number being an actuall used date.
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