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In Andersen's fairy tales or ancient Egyptian-themed films involving gods, if you look at the subtitles, you'll find phrases like AD and BC at the beginning of each part. So, what do AD, BC abbreviate in English?
What are the abbreviations AD and BC?
I. What does AD abbreviate? And BC?
Fundamentally, AD and BC are terms related to time. While in Vietnamese, phrases like before Christ or after Christ are used, in foreign documents and movies, AD and BC take the stage.
Here's the breakdown:
- AD
- BC in Latin stands for Ante Christum, in English it means Before Christ, representing the time before the birth of Jesus Christ or Before Christ.
II. How to use AD and BC in English
- BC is written after the number of years. AD can be written before or after the number of years.
- Years without AD or BC are assumed to be AD by default.
- BC is used more to emphasize years before Christ, while AD is less commonly used.
Additionally, people may use CE and BCE instead of AD and BC. These are newer symbols with similar meanings to AD and BC.
- CE stands for Common Era, meaning similar to AD, indicating years after the Common Era.
- BCE stands for Before Common Era, meaning similar to BC, indicating years before the Common Era.
III. Some examples of using AD and BC
- Rome was founded in 753 BC (Rome was established in the year 753 Before the Common Era).
- Genghis Khan died in 1227 AD (Genghis Khan passed away in the year 1227 After the Common Era).
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