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The idea of Phantom time is a controversial idea that proposes that historians have made a mistake in their understanding of Western history. A German historian, Heribert Illig, proposed this theory in 1991 to explain why historical documents seem to show that the years 614 to 911 CE never existed.
Doubting is not a bad thing, however, it is not always a good thing either. What needs to happen is to think logically and ask the right questions. When the right things are asked in regards to the unexplainable, the answers may make it all sensible.

The Phantom Time Hypothesis is a historic Theory originally brought by Herbert Illig. Illig believed that there was a plan that was decided to implement that would alter time, specifically, to fabricate the Anno Domini dating system retroactively. He believed that this was introduced by the Holy Roman Emperor Otto the third, Pope Sylvester the second and possibly including Byzantine Emperor Constantine the seventh. He believed that by them doing so, it would place them at AD 1000. This would allow history to change, which would then legitimize Otto’s claim to the Holy Roman Empire.
Herbert Illig believed this was done by misrepresenting, altering as well as forging any physical or documentary evidence. According to Illig’s Theory, the entire Caroling period, including that of the figure of Charlemagne, was fabricated, and that they had added 297 years to the Early Middle Ages. Illig is the only person in history to support his theory.
Although his Theory gained widespread media coverage, especially in Germany, there was not a single historian that could understand Illig’s theory. It was passed on as flawed fundamentally by everyone who took the time to read and consider this Theory.
Some of Illig’s theories pertaining to this Theory included the following:

1.) The scarcity of any historical evidence from the time of AD 614 through 911. His reasoning included the inadequacies of radiometric and dendrochronological methods. He also argued that medieval historians relied too much on written evidence.
2.) He brought forth the fact that there was Romanesque architecture in Western Europe in the 10th Century. To Illig, this meant that the Roman Era was not as long as stated.
3.) The Julian calendar was reported to have an inaccuracy around the tropical year, of at least one day for each century that the calendar was in use for. When the Gregorian calendar came to be in AD 1582, the Julian calendar there should have been 13 days difference, which there was not. The Mathematicians and astronomers who worked for Pope Gregory XIII found there was only an issue of ten days. On the Julian Calendar of June 4th, 1582, which was a Thursday and then followed by the first day of the Gregorian Calendar 15 October, 1582 which was a Friday. By figuring this out, Illig determined that there were about three centuries that never existed.


Astronomically speaking, there are recorded dates for lunar eclipses, solar eclipses throughout history. By following these dates, it is unlikely that Illig’s Theory is legitimate. European sources have documented solar eclipses since before 600 AD.

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