The term BC - created within the Julian and Gregorian calendars... to mark the period before the birth of Jesus. The term AD - marks the period after the death of Jesus... up to today. The terms were not created at the time of Jesus' existence - but long afterwards (circa 525 AD).
CE - the common era ie - a different way of saying AD
Christian historians have had a major impact on how the world divides time into periods. (APEX)
The last date of BC was 1 BC, then the first date of AD was 1 AD, there was no zero.
Okay Will AD is older than BC because AD is very old not like BC
BC: Before Christ. Used for years before the birth of Jesus Christ AD: Anno Domini. Used for years in the reign of the christ. The current year, for instance, is really 2013 AD
BC : before Christ AD : anno domino
the labels are based on christian traditions and do not represent all world cultures.
the labels are based on christian traditions and do not represent all world cultures.
the labels are based on christian traditions and do not represent all world cultures.
58 years are between 30 BC and AD 30. The first thing you need to remember is that there is no year 0; the year before AD 1 is 1 BC. So the years between 30 BC and AD 30 are... 29 BC, 28 BC, 27 BC, ..., 2 BC, 1 BC, AD1, AD 2, ..., AD 27, AD 28, AD 29 29 BC through 1 BC is 29 years, and AD 1 through AD 29 is 29 years. 29 years + 29 years = 58 years
It isn't a question of closer to ad or bc, it IS bc. 3000bc would be -3000ad.
Nothing. There was no time period between BC and AD. 1 BC was followed by 1 AD. There was no year zero or any gap between BC and AD.