12,960,000

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Number

$12 \, 960 \, 000$ is:

$2^8 \times 3^4 \times 5^4$


The $60$th fourth power:
$12 \, 960 \, 000 = 60 \times 60 \times 60 \times 60$


The $3600$th square number:
$12 \, 960 \, 000 = 3600 \times 3600$


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Historical Note

$12 \, 960 \, 000$ is one of the two numbers (the other being $216$) generally believed to be Plato's geometrical number:

... which has control over the good and evil of births.
-- Plato's Republic: $546$

It can be arrived at either by noting that it is $60^4$ or that it is $4800 \times 2700$


A great year of Plato is a time period of $36 \, 000$ years.

If one year is specified as being $360$ days, as it was by Plato, then a great year is $12 \, 960 \, 000$ days.

Note, however, that there is no indication that Plato ever mentioned it.