How to write 'SINCE 1983' in Roman?

Question

wanted in ancient
would welcome in modern form also

Answer 1

The Romans would look at the year in terms of how long since the foundation of Rome 753 bc, expressed by the phrase 'anno urbis conditae', abbreviated to AUC. Therefore 1983 is 2736 by their reckoning. To express "since the year.." they'd use 'ab anno'..

So the full phrase and numbers equivalent to "since the two thousand seven hundred and thirty sixth year after Rome's foundation.."
~ab anno urbis conditae bis millesimo septingentesimo tricesimo sexto
~ab AUC MMDCCXXXVI.

If you want to stick with 1983, you'd have to substitute a phrase ~ "ab anno domini millesimo nongentesimo octogesimo tertio"
~ ab AD MCMLXXXIII

Answer 2

Citra MCMLXXXIII

citra [on this side, nearer than]; of time, [since]


Zlevad is right - I was staying away from the AUC version because nobody would understand it, even if it is the most correct one. I did not think of the other, as the anno Domini dating system was first calculated in about aD 525, after the fall of the Roman empire, and was not in common use until several centuries later. Even then it was not universal. As the Romans mostly dated things by what consuls were in office that year, or sometimes from the founding of the city (753 BC), "since 1983" would not be a normal way of dating things. They would have been more likely to date it from Reagan's 3rd year in office, or whoever held the most political power in 1983 in whatever country you are from.

"ab condito MCMLXXXIII" was my original thought, before I decided on citra, but it did not sound quite right.

Answer 3

I would need clarification:
Do you mean in Ancient Latin?
Do you mean in current Italian?
Do you mean the numbers written out in Roman numerals?

Answer 4

Dopo MCMLXXXIII. Circa means "around" Dopo means After or loosely, since.

Answer 5

MIXMLXXXIII
M = 1,000
IX = 9
L = 50
X = 10
I = 1
hope I'm right, not sure about 900

Answer 6

circa MCMLXXXIII