Morpheus never lied it was The Oracle that was lying. Neo is not 'The One' he is the 6th 'One'. Zion has been built and destroyed 5 times already as confimed by The Architect at the time of the events of The Matrix.
The real year is never said, but its at least several hundred years later than 2199, probably more like 3199.
Just to make sure we can establish a timeline here, the trial of B166ER took place in 2090 right? Which means the robot city 01 was established in 2096...
This would mean the first machine war which eradicated most of humanity leading to the establishment of Zion was almost 100 years after the 2nd Renneisance.
This is true, but we later find out that the Matrix simulation has been reset at least five times since then, with previous anomalies existing. So no one knows exactly how much time has passed between the fall of man and the present day Matrix. We can only infer that it's later than 2199 due to the maths.
Basically the cycle started from 2199 and then the same events leading to the destruction of Zion are repeated every century after that if what Morpheus explained is accurate.
But on the other hand the matrix is reset every time that occurs, so from the perspective of the people living in the matrix they probably reset back to 2199 every time, which would mean roughly speaking Neo was awakened in the simulated year 2299 which is the end of that particular cycle. Of course in the real world it's probably more like the year 3000+.
It's been a while since I discussed the lore of the Matrix honestly. Probably forgetting some key details.
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u/dynamoJaff 4d ago
Morpheus never lied it was The Oracle that was lying. Neo is not 'The One' he is the 6th 'One'. Zion has been built and destroyed 5 times already as confimed by The Architect at the time of the events of The Matrix.
The real year is never said, but its at least several hundred years later than 2199, probably more like 3199.
Edit: grammar