"Anno Domini" means "Year of Our Lord" in Latin. The Lord refered to is Jesus Christ and for the purposes of dating it is assumed (in this system) that The year 1 AD is the date of Jesus Christ's birth although many modern historians have suggested alternative dates. This sytem was popularised by Bede. The dates are simple to understand, the present is the year AD 2009 or 2009 AD, which literally means 2009 years after the birth of Jesus Christ. Dates before the birth of Jesus Christ are give the appelation BC (before Christ) and the larger the number the further before the year 1 AD it is. So 2 years before the birth of Jesus Christ would be 2 BC but 1000 BC is 1000 years before the birth of Jesus Christ.
A.D. stands for Anno Domini, "year of our lord" in latin. The d (domini) in English means lord.
BC = Before Christ AD = Anno Domini (after the birth of Christ)
The word part domini means master or leader
bc : before Christ, ad : Anno Domini (which is Latin for "Year of our Lord"), bce : before common era, ce : common era.
bc comes first because bc stands for before christ
Anno Domini (AD) which means in the year of the Lord.
anno domini is pronounced as an-imo-domoni the word is Latin and stands for the term AD most people consider this to say after death but the meaning was named after a philosopher.
Anno domini, meaning the year of Our Lord, is a phrase in Latin, thus coming from the Roman Empire.
Medieval Latin for anno Domini. Meaning in the year of the Lord.
Anno Domini Anno Domini
AD stands for the Latin Anno Domini or 'in the year of our lord'.
No, Anno Domini is Latin. It means "in the Year of the Lord."
Latin for “in the year of our lord,” is anno domini"A.D."
Anno domini, from Latin meaning in the year of our Lord
Christian. Latin abbreviation of Anno Domini, meaning After Christ.
AD means anno domini (meaning in the year of our lord)
The term Anno Domini is Medieval Latin, translated as In the year of (the/Our) Lord.