Phantom time conspiracy theory
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title:
Phantom time conspiracy theory
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The phantom time conspiracy theory is a pseudohistorical conspiracy theory first asserted by Heribert Illig in 1991. It hypothesizes a conspiracy by the Holy Roman Emperor Otto III, Pope Sylvester II, and possibly the Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII, to fabricate the Anno Domini dating system retroactively, in order to place them at the special year of AD 1000, and to rewrite history to legitimize Otto's claim to the Holy Roman Empire. Illig believed that this was achieved through the alterati
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Conspiracy theory
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_time_conspiracy_theory
date created:
2005-11-06T03:39:35Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T14:55:39Z
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