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The following types of dating are distinguished: | The following types of dating are distinguished: | ||
# Inscriptions dated to a specific year or within a span of years less than a century. | # Inscriptions dated to '''a specific year''' or within '''a span of years less than a century'''. | ||
# Inscriptions dated by centuries. | # Inscriptions dated by '''centuries'''. | ||
# Inscriptions dated to the Imperial Period (1st-3rd century AD), contrasting with the Hellenistic Period (3rd-1st century BC) and the Late Antique Period (4th-7th century AD). | # Inscriptions dated to the '''Imperial Period (1st-3rd century AD)''', contrasting with the Hellenistic Period (3rd-1st century BC) and the Late Antique Period (4th-7th century AD). | ||
# Inscriptions dated between the end of the Hellenistic Period (1st century BC) and the beginning of the Imperial Period (1st century AD), or between the end of the Imperial Period (3rd century AD) and the beginning of the Late Antique Period (4th century AD). | # Inscriptions dated '''between the end of the Hellenistic Period (late 1st century BC) and the beginning of the Imperial Period (1st century AD)''', or '''between the end of the Imperial Period (late 3rd century AD) and the beginning of the Late Antique Period (4th century AD)'''. | ||
# Inscriptions with uncertain dating between the Hellenistic Period and the Imperial Period or between the Imperial Period and the Late Antique Period. | # Inscriptions with '''uncertain dating''' between the Hellenistic Period and the Imperial Period or between the Imperial Period and the Late Antique Period. | ||
# Inscriptions dated with generic terms like Kaiserzeit, Römische Zeit, aetatis imperialis, Imperial Age, époque imperiale, età imperiale, etc., without distinguishing between the Imperial Period and the Late Antique Period | # Inscriptions dated with '''generic terms''' like ''Kaiserzeit'', ''Römische Zeit'', ''aetatis imperialis'', ''Imperial Age'', ''époque imperiale'', ''età imperiale'', etc., without distinguishing between the Imperial Period and the Late Antique Period. | ||
# Undated inscriptions. | # Undated inscriptions. | ||