in history what dos b.c and a.d mean?

Answer 1

Anno Domini (Latin: "In the Year of the Lord"), abbreviated as AD, defines an epoch based on the traditionally-reckoned year of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. Similarly, Before Christ (from the Ancient Greek "Christos" or "Anointed One", referring to Jesus), abbreviated as BC, is used in the English language to denote years before the start of this epoch. Some non-Christians use the abbreviations AD and BC without intending to acknowledge the Christian connotation. Some people prefer the alternatives 'CE' and 'BCE', arguing that they are more neutral terms

Answer 2

B.C. = Before Christ

A.D.= Anno Domini, 'The Year of Our Lord'

A.D. does NOT referexclusively to the time after Jesus' death. If that were the case, we'd need a third set of letters to represent his lifetime.

Answer 3

B.C.=Before Christ
A.D.=Anno Domini

Answer 4

They now use the initials of BCE (before current era) and A.D means Anno Domini or, year of our lord, not 'after death'. Translated means Year Dominions.

Answer 5

Since you got all the right answers, I thought I would kick in a little extra information. The terms being used now in scientific circles are C.E. and B.C.E. The stand for "Before Common Era" to replace B.C. and "Common Era" to replace A.D.

Answer 6

Anno Domini (Latin: "In the Year of the Lord"), abbreviated as AD, defines an epoch based on the traditionally-reckoned year of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. Similarly, Before Christ (from the Ancient Greek "Christos" or "Anointed One", referring to Jesus), abbreviated as BC, is used in the English language to denote years before the start of this epoch. Some non-Christians use the abbreviations AD and BC without intending to acknowledge the Christian connotation. Some people prefer the alternatives 'CE' and 'BCE', arguing that they are more neutral terms.

The designation is used to number years in the Christian Era, conventionally used with the Julian and Gregorian calendars. More descriptively, years may be also specified as 'Anno Domini Nostri Iesu Christi' ('In the Year of Our Lord Jesus Christ'). 'Anno Domini' dating was first adopted in Western Europe, during the eighth century.

Anno Domini is sometimes referred to as the Common Era (C.E. or CE) instead. This term is often preferred by those who desire a religiously-neutral term or wish to adhere to a level of political correctness.

Answer 7

B.C. used to mean "before christ"

A.D. means "anno domini" which in Latin means "in the year of our lord"

Look it up on http://www.wikipedia.org

Answer 8

B.C. = Before Christ
A.D. = After Christ Died

Answer 9

This isn't a question, but you trying to convince everyone that your religious beliefs are correct (and that anyone who doesn't believe exactly what you believe is wrong). That is the cause of the vast majority of senseless deaths and terror over the past 2000 years. Christians and Muslims trying to force their religion on everyone else. I realize that the Christians have recently stopped killing people over religion, but this doesn't mean that their actions aren't still causing countless deaths. Many millions have died of AIDS in Africa, mostly because fundamentalist Christian sickos like George W. Bush refused to allow honest sex education or condom distribution because it went against their religious beliefs.

Answer 10

b.c = before christ
a.d.= anno domini