"AD" (anno Domini) is used as either a prefix or suffix that is placed either immediately before or after any year from the year 1 onward (ex. January 1, 2010 AD or January 1, AD 2010)."BC" (before Christ) is used as only a suffix that is placed after any year before the year 1 (ex. January 1, 2010 BC).
AD is after and BC before
no it was not called year 0 it was called AD 1
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.
you would put it after.
AD followed BC. BC stood for Before Christ, and AD after him (Anno Domini, "year of our lord").Note that this means 1 BC was immediately followed by 1 AD, with no "zero year" between them.
"AD" (anno Domini) is used as either a prefix or suffix that is placed either immediately before or after any year from the year 1 onward (ex. January 1, 2010 AD or January 1, AD 2010)."BC" (before Christ) is used as only a suffix that is placed after any year before the year 1 (ex. January 1, 2010 BC).
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
AD is after and BC before
Year 1
Quite simply, due to the importance of Jesus Christ for Christians, it has been decided to start counting years from the (estimated) year of His birth.By the way, the way years are counted traditionally, there is no such year as "0 AD". The year before 1 AD (1 after Christ) is the year 1 BC (1 before Christ).
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.)
no it was not called year 0 it was called AD 1
any year after AD 800 and before AD 901
any year after AD 800 and before AD 901
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.
The year was AD 1.