» Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:55 am
The emperor usually declares it, I believe. The first era was the rise of the Alessia Empire, it's fall, and the rise of the Reman dynasty. Second era was the rise of the Potentate (immediately right after Reman III's assassination) to the rise of Tiber. The third era was made when Tiber united all of Tamriel to the Oblivion Crisis and the fall of the Septim Empire.