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:Thanks for the info. A couple of things on this to be aware of,
:A) Because the years of this Era begin on September 1st, when referring to those dates from the perspective of the ''Christian Era'' they may be referred to as two years - for example "5508/5507 BC" (because the ''Creation Era'' starts in September, runs past the ''Christian Era'' new year on January 1st, and it finishes on August 31st); therefore it actually spans two years of the Christian Era, from the perspective of the Christian Era. Thus, using the date of 5508 BC as the start, onne can say that '''the year AD 2009 was 7516-17 AM''' as follows: January 1st to August 31st = 7516 AMSeptember 1st to December 31st = 7517 AM
:B) All of the sources reviewed (except the source you quote above) refer to 5508 BC as the actual date, (not 5509), with Christ being born in the actual year 5509 AM according to this system. If that is indeed the case, thus 5508 BC + AD 2008 = 7516 AM. The Old Believer calendar date of 7517 (not 7516) is interesting therefore -- it may be that the year of Christ's birth is counted as the extra year, OR, as you say, the Era begins in 5509, not 5508, and the majority of the secular literature is in error. Will have to look into this some more. If you want to add the Old Believer calendar as a source (and a footnote mentioning that they use the date of 7517 AM for Sept 2008) on the article please do so. We can easily correct the date to 5509 (with explanations) if that is the case later, however:
:C) ''' The medieval primary sources quoted in the article (in translation), including Skylitzes and Choniates, support 5508 as the date''':
::"In the year 6508 [1000], in the thirteenth indiction, the emperor sent a great force against the Bulgarian fortified positions (kastra) on the far side of the Balkan (Haimos) mountains,..."
::"The queen of cities fell to the Latins on the twelfth day of the month of April of the seventh indiction in the year 6712 [1204]."
