Yes it is
BC means Before Christ AD means Anno Domino CE means Common Era
BC means before Christ and AD stands for Anno Domini (year of the lord). BC is before the birth of Christ and AD are the years after the birth. People often use BC as Before the Common era and CE for Common Era (CE). Not all people are christian.
BC (also BCE) is before CE, which is a secular form of the suffix AD.BC = Before ChristBCE = Before Current Era (same years as BC)AD = Anno Domini (Year of our Lord, i.e. year after Christ)CE = Current Era (same years as AD)
1492 CE BC means "before Christ"
BCE = Before the Common Era or B.C.I now finally understand BC, BCE AD and CE but where does BP come in to play. Before present. Is that before 2013 or before 01?
If by BC you mean before the birth of Christ and by CE you mean Christian Era, then the Christian Era started with the birth of Christ - so BC came first. The link I will place below is an interesting read!
AD = CE or Common Era or Christian Era BC = BCE or Before Common Era or Before Christian Era
CE stands for common era. It is, in simple terms, the same as AD. In following with this, there is BCE, or before common era, which is the same as BC.
They started recording years after Christ died, so BC refers to all the years before he lived. However, they recently changed "BC" (before Christ) and "AD" (after death)to "BCE" (before common era) and CE (common era).
The term CE stands for Common Era, it takes the place of AD. The term BCE means Before Common Era and takes the place of BC. A politically correct term as the entire world is not Christian and AD and BC have Christian connotations.
2 B.C.The years before 1 AD go backwards; 2 BC was before 1 BC, 3 BC was before 2 BC, and so on. After 1 AD, the years go forward; 1, 2, 3....(We are in the year 2011 A.D.)