In history , Wat does A.d and B.c means /// reply with full details?

Question

how many centuries it contain

Answer 1

BC means Before Christ, all the years before 0 kind of like negative years
AD means Anno Domini (Year of our Lord), but its all the present years from 0.
Soooo 1000 BC is 3007 years ago
And 1000 AD is 1007 years ago

Answer 2

A.D. means Anno Domini, which is the Latin term for "Year of our Lord."

B.C. means Before Christ.

The terms were first coined by Dionysius Exiguus, who was originally trying to calculate an accurate date for the Christian holiday of Easter. The year "0" was not used because Christians did not want the year of their savior to be denoted by what they considered "nothing."

A.D. has contained 20 full centuries now and we are in the 21st.
As for the number of centuries in the time B.C., any accurate guess could be in the millions.

Answer 3

A.D. is easy. It's an abbreviation for "anno domini", Latin for "In the year of our Lord." If I'm not mistaken, it's around three years off from the actual birth of Christ, but we've been in "A.D." for 2007 years.

B.C. is "Before Christ". Once again, it's about three years off, if we're going by the actual birth of Christ as the definitive moment (Christ was not born in the year 0 or 1 A.D.).

Historical, scientific and religious estimates vary widely in regards to how long the world has been in existance, which is the same thing, really, as how long "BC" lasted. The estimates range from thousands to millions of years.

Answer 4

CE and BCE are actually secular titles, which means "Common Era" and "Before the Common Era", it was designed by historians who wanted a more objective standard to history; and the birth of Christ as a turning point for civilizaation is a convenient place to start. It is also criticized as being a cheap cop-out by theologians.

In any event, A.D and B.C are Christian terms.

A.D means "Anno Domini" and is latin for "the year of our lord"

B.C means "before Christ" and is, quite literally, the years prior to the Birth of the Christ.

Answer 5

AD stands for Anno Domini, Latin for year of our lord (referring to the commonly used -- but probably incorrect -- date for the birth of Jesus). BC stands for Before Christ. Non-religious abbreviations CE and BCE are coming into use, standing for Common Era and Before Common Era. There is no specific number of years or centuries in any of these designations.

Answer 6

I assume that you mean A.D & B.C
They mean Anno Domine (Year of our Lord)
and
Before Christ.

The 'politically correct' modern versions are
C.E or common Era
and BCE (before common Era) both are bull since they still measure time from the significant point in world history as judged by christians namely the birht of Christ. the romans measured from the founding of the city, muslims I believe date from the birth of mohammed, Me I'm thinking of satring a movement to date everything Before or after the jailing of Paris Hilton.:)

Answer 7

A.D.= anno domini (in the year of our Lord)
B.C.= before Christ

Answer 8

Here are the full details. A.D. and B.C. are being phased out, and may be replaced by CE (Christian Era) and BCE (Before Christian Era) one day.

Answer 9

If I'm recalling correctly, AD is anno domino, the year of our lord. Post-Christ era. BC = before Christ.

Both are being used less these days

Answer 10

AD= After Christ's death

BC= before Christ was born

So the 31 years in between have become a problem for a lot of people in 2007 AD