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  • Talcosis@lemmy.zip
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    9 hours ago

    It’s probably latin for before christ. AD is supposed to be anno domini, which is year of the Lord.

    Edit: looks like BC is formally “before christ”, and the original latin is ACE for before christ. BCE and CE for before/common era are the new nonreligious equivalents.

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      The terms are bc / ad - before Christ & ad domini

      Or bce/ce - before common era & common era