ns, but only temporarily delayed the increase of the time lags. When epoch B was changed to epoch C, the conjunction <i>xi&#462;oy&#250;</i>s were shortened by only <span class="nowrap">18/940</span>, which was too small to have a noticeable effect. As a result, the time lags are seen to increase steadily. The average time lag of the calendrical conjunctions was 1.20 days between 134 BCE and 129 BCE, and increased to 1.24 days after 110 BCE. The average values given here are very close to the values given i