BC is the Abbreviation for 'Before Christ', used in the Gregorian Calendar to refer to the era before the birth of Jesus Christ.
AD is the Abbreviation for Anno Domini , Latin for 'The Year Of Our Lord ', used in the Gregorian Calendar to refer to the current era
Ad means after Christ died And BC means befor christ.
Elizabeth L. AD after Jesus' death BC Before Christ A.D. means anno domini. It is latin for 'In the year of The Lord', or 'In the year of Our Lord'. It is usually understood to be year 1 in the Gregorian calander. B.C. means before common, current or christian era. This has recently been changed to B.C.E. for before common era. See the related link for more information.
It is commonly thought that BC stands for "before Christ" and AD stands for "after death." This is only half correct. How could the year 1 B.C. have been "before Christ" and 1 A.D. been "after death"? BC does stand for "before Christ." AD actually stands for the Latin phrase "anno domini" which means "in the year of our Lord."
In naming years, one practice is to use the term BC for Before Christ and AD for Anno Domini, which means in the year of our lord, however, for those who do not believe in that naming method will use the terms CE for Common Era and BCE for Before the Common Era.
BC------ stands for before Christ
Ad-------stands for Anno Domini. The term Anno Domini is Medieval Latin, translated as In the year of (the/Our) Lord)
I was taught that BC means Before Christ, and AD means After Death.
bc= before christ ad= anno domini ( the year of our lord)
BC comes before AD on a timeline. BC or BCE means before common era, AD means "In the year of Our Lord."BC first AD after
BC: Before Christ AD: Anno Domini (After Christ/Latin) BC stands for "Before Christ", AD stands for "Anno Domini" which is medieval latin for "in the year of (the) Lord" - not After Death! Interestingly, there was no year zero - the calendar goes straight from 1 BC to 1 AD.
Okay Will AD is older than BC because AD is very old not like BC
It isn't a question of closer to ad or bc, it IS bc. 3000bc would be -3000ad.
BC = Before Christ. AD = Anno Domini (latin) the year of Christ's birth.
bc= before christ ad= anno domini ( the year of our lord)
BC means Before Christ AD means Ano Domini (after Christ)
BC comes before AD on a timeline. BC or BCE means before common era, AD means "In the year of Our Lord."BC first AD after
AD or Anno Domini in latin means 'in the year of our lord'. 0 AD is when jesus is supposed to have died. all time before that is now known as BC and all time after is AD. BC (before christ)
BC = before christ AD = Anno Domini (year of our Lord) we are in the year 2011, time before year 1 was BC time afterwards (what we live in) is AD
BC = Before Christ AD = Anno Domini (after the birth of Christ)
BC: Before Christ AD: Anno Domini (After Christ/Latin) BC stands for "Before Christ", AD stands for "Anno Domini" which is medieval latin for "in the year of (the) Lord" - not After Death! Interestingly, there was no year zero - the calendar goes straight from 1 BC to 1 AD.
Do you mean BC or AD? If BC, the patricians controlled the government of the Republic, if you mean AD, it would technically be the Romans, but the capital was no longer in Rome at the time.
1776 AD means the year 1776 after christ was born, this year is 2011 AD. Forty years before Jesus was born it was 40 BC. BC: Before Christ AD: After Death
before Christ. ad is Amano Domingi
The last date of BC was 1 BC, then the first date of AD was 1 AD, there was no zero.