In my son's history books when they refer to B.C. dates they add a "c." before the date. And I've seen the B.C. sometimes left our altogether. What does c. mean?
2007-11-15 05:32:36 · 11 answers · asked by TheGing 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
b.c means before christ
a.d means anno domini
b.c.e means before common era
c.e means common era
2007-11-15 05:36:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
The c. means "circa" means "about" or around. It is used when the dates are approximately known.
So c.2500B.C.
Means approx 2500 years before Christ.
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2007-11-15 05:38:41 · answer #2 · answered by lady pie 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I can not remember what it means. But it is latin. and the translated latin term does mean "Before Christ". But the only problem is that Jesus Christ of Nazareth may not have been born on 000 AD.
2016-04-04 02:50:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
circa
2007-11-15 05:39:59 · answer #4 · answered by Flatpaw 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It means circa or around. They do that because they don't know the exact year.
2007-11-15 05:38:00 · answer #5 · answered by Eiliat 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
circa which means "roughly"
it's used when the precise date isn't known.
the "c" in "b.c.", of course, means "Christ"
2007-11-15 05:36:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
c in that context means "circa," or about--the exact date is not known.
2007-11-15 05:41:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anna P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The letters that have CC mean the comin era.
2007-11-15 05:38:06 · answer #8 · answered by mike hughes 52 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The "c" stands for "circa" -- it's Latin for "around".
2007-11-15 05:39:24 · answer #9 · answered by The Reverend Soleil 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
B.C. MEANS BEFORE CHRIST
2007-11-15 05:37:41 · answer #10 · answered by naynay 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋