B.C. is anything before Christ, which was anything before somewhere around 2000 years ago. A.D is anything after.
54 b.C.
The last date of BC was 1 BC, then the first date of AD was 1 AD, there was no zero.
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.
BC is before AD (Before Christ) (After Death)
BC - Before Christ AD - Anno Domini
54 b.C.
6,000 BC is earlier. A timeline works like so: the "J" represents the birth of Christ, which is the event which separates BC and AD. From the "J" forward is where we are now. The numbers increase 0 to 2011. From the "J" backwards the number decreases 0 to (whenever the world began). Therefore 6,000 BC come before 3,000BC. BC_____________________________J___________________________________ AD
4000 BC; time goes down in BC not upwards like AD. The higher the number in BC the earlier it is
BC = Before (the birth of) Christ. Consequently the New Testament was written later (= AD), but the Old Testament hundreds of years earlier (= BC).
BC dates on a number line are represented as descending values as you move left from a reference point, typically the year 1 AD, which separates BC and AD. For example, 500 BC is located to the left of 400 BC, which is further left than 300 BC. This means that the higher the BC number, the earlier in history it represents. Essentially, the timeline moves backward as you go from AD to BC.
250 AD is later than 250 BC. Translation: 250 years after christ is later than 250 years before christ/
500 BC occurred first, as it is earlier in the chronological timeline than 375 BC. The years are counted backward from the year 1 AD, so any year with a higher number before Christ (BC) is earlier than a year with a lower number. Thus, 500 BC predates 375 BC by 125 years.
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 AD : anno domino
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.