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September 10

women working in cable news and at national newspapers

When did women start working at CNN, at The Weather Channel and at USA Today?142.255.69.73 (talk) 07:13, 10 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

From the first day those companies started operating. There aren't many national companies in the USA since the early 1900s that have been 100% male. CNN's page on the Wiki even states that the first real newscast was hosted by a man and a woman. Nanonic (talk) 07:23, 10 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Since all of these were launched in the early 80:s, I'm quite certain from the start. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:49, 10 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

As for CNN, Mary Alice Williams was one of the principals in getting the network off the ground. → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 20:09, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Chinese endonym in Sino-Roman relations

During the centuries of Sino-Roman relations, we have records of the Chinese using exonym for Rome (Daqin) and Byzantium (Fulin) and the Romans calling the Chinese Seres or Sinae. What did the Chinese referred to themselves as in relation to the Roman or Persians? Were any of these uses preserved in Western sources? Were the Chinese aware of the use of the term Seres? 107.193.163.81 (talk) 20:01, 10 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Does Names of China adequately answer your question? --47.146.63.87 (talk) 07:16, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Are the Indictions Synchronized to Varronian chronology ?

Indictions seem synchronized to the traditional date of the founding of Rome, as given by Varronian chronology. Is this intentional, or merely an unintended coincidence ? (The Roman New Year changed twice, first from March to January, and then later, within the Eastern Roman Empire, from January to September). — 86.123.9.38 (talk) 21:06, 10 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Five-year Indictions were introduced by the Roman Senate in the autumn of AD 287, in Diocletian's third or fourth year of reign (as opposed to say, his first), an entire decade before his victory in Egypt in AD 297, and 25 years before Constantine's ascension in AD 312. — 86.123.9.38 (talk) 13:39, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The indiction article seems to explain its origins pretty clearly (well, as clear as can be, for something as confusing as indictions). How do you figure they are synchronized to the founding of Rome? Adam Bishop (talk) 00:52, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

By proleptically extending Indictions back into time, the Varronian date for the founding of Rome in the spring of 753 BC takes places within the first year of an imaginary Indiction, starting in the autumn of 754 BC. By going further back into time, we get the autumn of 5509 BC, marking the epoch of the Byzantine calendar. The latter synchronization is most certainly intentional. I was wondering whether the same holds true of the former. — 86.123.9.38 (talk) 04:01, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]