[Avodah] How do Chazal calculate a king's reign?

[Zev Sero]

On 1/04/2011 9:06 AM, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
> PS: I had thought that the solution might lie in Mishna Rosh Hashana 1:1, which says that the years for kings are counted from Nisan. According to this, if a king took office in Tammuz and died the following Teves, that would count as only one year, even though it spans two calendar years. And if he took office in Teves and died in Tammuz, it would count as two (partial) years, even though his reign only lasted about a half-year. However, this is NOT relevant to any of the above, according to ArtScroll Mishnah Rosh Hashana page 13, which says that Nisan marks the year only for Jewish kings -- non-Jewish kings count their years from Tishrei.

Is it possible that Bavli kings counted their years from Tishri and
Persian ones from Nissan, or vice versa?


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