| The indiction itself, and every one of the years composing it, began on the 1st of September of the calendar year. |
| The general tribute, or indiction, as it was called, was derived largely from the taxation of landed property. |
| Consular dating had already been abolished in 537, when Justinian introduced dating by the emperor's regnal year and the indiction. |
| By extending it backwards, it will be found that the first of the era was the fourth of the cycle of indiction. |
| Given at Rome, the 6th of the Ides of January, the 14th indiction. |
| Indeed, if popularity was an indiction, this had become suddenly true. |
