It stands for Before Christ, analogous to the abbreviation BCE (Before Common Era). It means any year before the era we're 2017 years into now. Higher number BC years are farther back in history.
Before Christ.
1255 BC was 1255 BC.
The BC ending in a year date means Before Christ.
100 BC is a year. Right now it is 2010 AD.
back to the year 580 BC
The last BC date before AD is 1 BC. The Gregorian calendar does not have a year zero; it transitions directly from 1 BC to AD 1. Thus, 1 BC is the final year in the Before Christ (BC) designation, immediately preceding the Anno Domini (AD) era.
345 bc
The Romans date the founding of their city at 753 BC. April 21, 753 BC to be exact.The Romans date the founding of their city at 753 BC. April 21, 753 BC to be exact.The Romans date the founding of their city at 753 BC. April 21, 753 BC to be exact.The Romans date the founding of their city at 753 BC. April 21, 753 BC to be exact.The Romans date the founding of their city at 753 BC. April 21, 753 BC to be exact.The Romans date the founding of their city at 753 BC. April 21, 753 BC to be exact.The Romans date the founding of their city at 753 BC. April 21, 753 BC to be exact.The Romans date the founding of their city at 753 BC. April 21, 753 BC to be exact.The Romans date the founding of their city at 753 BC. April 21, 753 BC to be exact.
The date is unknown but was probably about the year 50 BC.
Sometime in 54 BC.
According to Wikipedia, there is no year "0" ("Zero"). So the dateline would look like the following: ..., 4 BC, 3 BC, 2 BC, 1 BC, 1 AD, 2 AD, 3 AD, 4 BC, ... "BC" stands for "Before Christ" "AD" stands for "Anno Domini" which is Medieval Latin, translated as "In the year of the Lord", it does not stand for "After Death". The Anno Domini dating system was devised in 525 AD by Dionysius Exiguus.
The date is unknown but was probably about the year 50-60 BC.