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.)
It is: 99 BC
The year 1 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.
1500 bc came before 753 bc. Year numbers go down in "bc", where the next year has a lower number than the previous year all the way to 1 bc. The year after 1 bc is 1 ad. To give an example, a tree that sprouted in 1500 bc would be about 753 years older by 753 bc and about 1500 years older by year 1 bc. On 1 ad, it would be 1501 years old.
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.
It is: 99 BC
The year 1 BC.
2,000,001 BC(2 million and 1 year BC) - 'Before' means further back in time.
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.
1500 bc came before 753 bc. Year numbers go down in "bc", where the next year has a lower number than the previous year all the way to 1 bc. The year after 1 bc is 1 ad. To give an example, a tree that sprouted in 1500 bc would be about 753 years older by 753 bc and about 1500 years older by year 1 bc. On 1 ad, it would be 1501 years old.
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.
Oh, dude, 1 BC stands for 1 "Before Christ," so technically, there are zero years in 1 BC because it's a countdown to the year 1 AD. It's like saying how many years are in the year before your birthday - none, right? So, yeah, no years in 1 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
Yes it was. The years BC count backwards to the year 1 BC (12000, 11999, 11998 etc)
Yes, also known as "Before Christ". We are currently in the year 2010, which goes backward to the year 1. The year immediately preceding 1 was 1 BC. So it would have gone from December 31, 1 BC to January 1, 1 AD.
"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).
current year + BC year - 1 Example: 2013 + 500 - 1 = 2512, so 500 BC is 2512 years before AD 2013.