what years are in 4th century BC?

Question

im really bad with history dates and stuff..so i just need a little help

like Ancient Rome..when (year)did it, or do we, consider it to be Ancient??

Answer 1

The correct answer, as several have already pointed out, is 400 -301, but you need to know WHY that's the correct answer so that you can be sure it's not one of the other answers.

Let's start with the AD dates, since they are probably easier to visualize. All AD centuries start with a year ending in a 1 and end with a year ending in a 0, e.g., the 1st Century AD started in the year 1 AD and ended in the year 100 AD (January 1, 1 AD to December 31, 100 AD).

When it comes to the BC period, everything is reversed, so that the lower the number the later the date, e.g., 100 BC is earlier than 50 BC. Therefore BC centuries start with a number ending in a 0 and end with a number ending in a 1. So, the 1st Century BC starts at the beginning of the year 100 BC and ends at the end of the year 1 BC. In the same way, the 4th Century begins in the year 400 BC and ends in the year 301 BC.

By the way, this is just like the debate that went on a few years ago about when the Third Millenium "really" began. Using our example in the second paragraph above, it should be obvious that it was January 1, 2001. It's not a matter of belief, as some people seem to think, but a matter of simple arithmetic.

Answer 2

4th Century Bc

Answer 3

400 BC to 301 BC

401 BC ends 5th century BC

300 starts 3rd century BC

If you were talking 4th century, it is 301 to 400 AD because of the zero issue (first century - 1AD to 100AD)

Roman Empire is hard to grasp time wise. About 8/9th Century BC to 500 AD. Check out the second link to see a graphic of the changes over time.

Answer 4

The 4th century BC is from 400 to 301.

Answer 5

Dave is close,

The years would be between 399 BC and 300 BC (inclusive)

They have to be listed in this order because 399 BC actually occurs BEFORE 300 BC (think like BC means negative numbers)

Answer 6

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what years are in 4th century BC?
im really bad with history dates and stuff..so i just need a little help

Answer 7

400-301BC
There is no Year O,because the years were originally numbered with Roman Numerals which do not have the concept of zero.
BC or AD, the first century is 1-100, etc.

Answer 8

4th Century Bce

Answer 9

what is this some kind of mind bender? 301 to 400 bc i guess

Answer 10

300-399