PAST MIGHT COOL MILLENNIUM THRILL-SEEKERS.(LIFE & LEISURE)

Byline: VICTOR GRETO The (Colorado Springs) Gazette

History can be as cruel as teasing siblings.

Take an intelligent man from the sixth century who changed how we look at time, a man known to history as Dionysius Exiguus. That's Dennis the Short to you and me.

On orders from Pope John I, Dennis created the template for the calendar we use today, dividing years between B.C. (before Christ) and A.D. (anno domini -- the year of our Lord.)

Previously, those who kept the calendars during the Roman Empire used the founding of Rome (753 B.C.) as their dividing point.

It was hard work, but the Gospels had enough clues for Dennis to create …