Before Christ is "B.C."; some people use "B.C.E." which stands for "Before the Common Era".
The two terms mean the same thing, the time before the traditional date for the birth of Christ.
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A.D. stands for the Latin words "Anno Domina"meaning "The Year of Our Lord" Which means the time after Christ's birth(which includes right now).
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BC Stands for Before Christ.
before Christ ( before Jesus's Birth)
Bc is commonly used as an abbreviation for "before Christ." It is used in historical and archaeological contexts to refer to periods of time prior to the birth of Jesus Christ.
Events that happened in the years before Jesus was born - BC (Before Christ)
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BC, is an abbreviation of "Before Christ."
Ante Cristo, or "before Christ". In English it is "B.C."
B.C. stands for the years Before Christ. This designation was given many years after His death and the year of Christ's birth is actually estimated to be between 3 and 6 A.D.
BCE is the abbreviation for Before the Common/Current/Christian Era (an alternative to Before Christ, abbreviated BC).** quoted from wikipedia.org
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The words "B.C" on a date, stand for "Before Christ" or in other words, years before the birth of Christ. For example, if you were to have 400 BC this would mean the year 400 Before Christ. The words "A.D" is a Latin abbreviation for "Anno Domini" wich stands for "the years of the lord"