2007-07-02 04:03:38 · 10 answers · asked by akansh 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
1 AD is the year after 1 BC. So they are indeed very close to each other
2007-07-02 04:08:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure there is an answer to that. Theoretically, they are one year apart (1BC being the year of Christ's death, 1AD coming right afterwards to commemorate his life). Remember: there is no 0AD!
Unfortunately, calendars are not entirely clear about when the numbers start. Some people believe that BC applies only to the period before Christ's BIRTH, while others suggest it ends at his death. If it is the former, then the years are at least a couple of decades apart. Then again, the AD calendar didn't start counting right away (Christ wasn't commonly accepted as the Messiah until well after his death), so the date for 1AD is speculative at best.
2007-07-02 04:11:42 · answer #2 · answered by schuttz 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
1 BC is the final year before Christ.
1 AD is the first year in the year of our lord (or after Christ's birth).
There is no year zero.
So here's the order:
2BC, 1BC, 1AD, 2AD
Hope this helps!
2007-07-02 04:13:03 · answer #3 · answered by Tunsa 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you count something, you count, one, two, etc.
There is NEVER a year "zero". So you count one AD, two AD. BC counts backwards, from 1 BC to 2 BC, going back in time.
So I AD is followed by 1AD.
Likewize, a century runs from 1 to 100, making the turn of a century at 101, a millenium at 1001...
2007-07-02 06:55:42 · answer #4 · answered by glenn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 AD (Anno Domini, or Year of Our Lord) is the next year after 1 BC (Before Christ). The man who created the current calendar made some serious mistakes--he got his Roman Emperors mixed up, so Christ was most likely not born on 1 AD. Also, he didn't allow for a 0 year, so 1 BC is right before 1 AD.
2007-07-02 06:10:43 · answer #5 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anno Domini begins with the year of Jesus' Birth on the Christian Gregorian calendar. 1 BCE is the year before his birth. However, there is a problem with attempting to designate exactly which year he was born in. Some estimate a possible 5 years window. However, we can be sure that it was in at least 3years during the reigns of Herod and Tiberius overlapped.
2007-07-02 04:15:59 · answer #6 · answered by Shai Shammai 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Generally, I have heard that it is most likely that Jesus was actually born in 3 B.C. When establishing the current dating system this date was a bit off.
AD stands for Anno Domini (which is Latin for "year of our Lord") and B.C. stands for Before Christ. Think of AD as being Jesus' age.
Of course, this system is rather offensive to anyone who isn't Christian so academically speaking, B.C.E. and C.E. are used now-a-days (Before Common Era and Common Era). Curiously, these coincide exactly with BC and AD.
2007-07-02 07:31:57 · answer #7 · answered by Thought 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 AD is 2 years after 1 BC (although technically it would be considered one year after 1 BC)
2007-07-02 04:09:57 · answer #8 · answered by milthistagent 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they are consecutive years...they are as close as they can be
2007-07-02 05:42:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they are YEARS apart.
2007-07-02 06:13:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anthony F 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋