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I'm not sure when they set the clock to the alleged year of Christ's birth. I'm pretty sure it wasn't the Romans; they, IIRC, used the founding of the empire, or perhaps the founding of Rome, to set the year.
What you have to understand is, while the things you mention are perhaps not logical (I'm not sure what that means in this context), they are not illogical either. That is to say that, while they are not the sorts of things that usually happen in this world, there's nothing about them that goes against the laws of logic.
I didn't mean to disrespect your point of view...no, wait, I did. There are a number of different sorts of posts on this messageboard. The ones that are intelligent, well thought out, and well argued, I respect, whether or not I agree with them. The banal I tend to ignore. The interesting but riddled with errors of fact and completely lacking any justification for their position, I give the respect they deserve. Your point of view might be well thought out, it might be deserving of respect, but your post wasn't.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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