What is BC and AD

In the Christian calendar years are shown as either AD or BC and this starts from the time of the birth of Jesus. AD stands for ‘Anno Domini’ which means ’the year of our lord’ (it does NOT mean ‘After Death’). Therefore the year 2004 is two thousand and four years after the birth of Jesus. BC stands for ‘Before Christ’ for example the Roman Empire was set up in 753BC which means seven hundred and fifty three years before Jesus was born.   

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