When reading about history, the years are referred to as 25 A.D. or 350 B.C. or 15 C.E. Where do they start and end at?
2006-09-24 04:57:24 · 14 answers · asked by badknees 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
AD stands for Anno Domini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini
It defines an epoch based on the traditionally-reckoned year of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.
BC stands for Before Christ (the years before Christ was born)
AD 1 is the first year or epoch of the Anno Domini era. We are currently at year 2006 A.D. You start with when Jesus was born (year 1 A.D.) and then you go after that.
With BC, you start the year before Jesus was born. The year before Jesus was born was 1 B.C. For example, 10 years before Jesus was born is year 11 B.C. and 11 years after he was born is 11 A.D.
Note that the years start at 1 and not 0 - so remember the millenium? That was supposedly 2000 years after Jesus was born, but technically the millenium was 2001 since we started at 1 and not 0.
B.C.E. and C.E. stand for Before Common Era and Common Era, respectively. Basically, some people don't like that Jesus/Christ are used to represent date, so they replaced it with "Common Era" to be more politcally correct
2006-09-24 05:00:26 · answer #1 · answered by ĵōē¥ → đ 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
While everyone was correct for the translation for A.D, B.C however, does not translate into Before Christ.
Unfortunately, I couldn't remember which Latin language book gave the correct translation, but its definitely in latin. Sources like Wikipedia are also wrong in their information as well.
In fact, I believe that most teachers and lecturers out there might think that B.C means before christ. You will have to keep digging for it (I sure will though) in the mean time.
I say this because I'm 100% certain what we thought we knew was wrong because I came across the correct form in the past.
Good luck.
2006-09-28 06:05:23 · answer #2 · answered by CuriousE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A.D= Anno Domini or The year of the Lord
B.C= Before Christ
C.E= Common Erra (same as A.D)
B.C.E= Before Common Era (same as B.C.)
Historians are hoping to replace A.D and B.C with C.E and B.C.E. As far as where they start and end...it starts when the earth was created ?????...and will end when the earth is Destroyed.
2006-09-24 12:10:52 · answer #3 · answered by unkilted_scotsman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
350 BC 350 years before the birth of christ
1bc the year before christ was born
which was
1 AD
THERE WAS NO YEAR ZERO
this system was worked out some time later probably in imitation of the way the romans counted from the supposed founding of rome
recently they use CE instead of AD to avoid offending non-christians maybe
Anno Domini is latin(roman) and means the year of our lord
2006-09-24 12:09:44 · answer #4 · answered by coogle 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A.D.= Anno Domini (latin - God Year)
B.C.= Before Christ
C.E.= Common Era ( this year 2006)
2006-09-24 12:10:05 · answer #5 · answered by m_kiss2010 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our calendar is based around the time when Jesus Christ was alive. The time of Christ is defined as the year 0.
Anytime before 0 is called BC. 200 years before Christ was born is called 200BC. Time after Christ is called AD or CE. The current year is 2006AD or 2006CE.
2006-09-24 12:05:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
B.C. means Before Christ & I am not sure what A.D. means.
2006-09-24 12:08:49 · answer #7 · answered by peterboro_first 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AD After Deliverance
BC Before Christ
Our year is referenced to the (approximate) year of Jesus' birth
2006-09-24 12:08:08 · answer #8 · answered by Ford 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After Death and Before Christ
2006-09-24 16:58:40 · answer #9 · answered by SecretUser 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think After Death and Before Christ.
2006-09-24 12:05:42 · answer #10 · answered by Southerngirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋