It is an acronym for "before Common Era", a replacement for the original term "before Christ" (BC).
540 BCE. In years BCE (BC), the years count backward until the year 1 BCE is reached. The year 1 CE (AD) immediately follows 1 BCE, and begins counting upward; there is no year 0.
88 BCE is in the first century BC or BCE.
There is not a year zero. So, when 1 BCE ends, 1 CE begins. The division is at midnight on 31 December, 1 BCE.
The Persians sacked Athens in 480 BCE .
In the year 338 BCE the Greek city states flourishing. This ended in the year 600 BCE.
The year 10500 BCE ended at the beginning of the year 10499 BCE.
The year 10500 BCE ended at the beginning of the year 10499 BCE.
Birth Year: 535 BCE Death Year: 475 BCE
88 BCE is in the first century BC or BCE.
540 BCE. In years BCE (BC), the years count backward until the year 1 BCE is reached. The year 1 CE (AD) immediately follows 1 BCE, and begins counting upward; there is no year 0.
Third century BCE
21 bce
4568 BCE. Not 4567 BCE because there was no year 0. Answer valid in 2011.
There is not a year zero. So, when 1 BCE ends, 1 CE begins. The division is at midnight on 31 December, 1 BCE.
431 BCE to 404 BCE.
It was established in 331 BCE, and he died in 323 BCE.
246 BCE to 210 BCE He ruled the year after his coronation in 247 BCE until his death in 210 BCE