A.D. please

Volguuz RageWaar · 12-31-2003, 05:20 PM

Can someone help me, i know that this is quiet weird for a question yet i am ignorant to it's meaning, when we see in movies and in other places the reference of a specific year followed by "A.D" what does it means "A.D.", is that normaly we have B.C. or A.C. wich are before and after christ, please HELP...

Paladin2000 · 12-31-2003, 05:27 PM

AD - anno Domini; in the year of the Lord (Latin); since the birth of Jesus Christ (used in designating dates).

Volguuz RageWaar · 12-31-2003, 05:29 PM

thanks for the enlightment

LennonCook · 12-31-2003, 11:24 PM

And all those times you've seen something like 2004 AD; you've seen an error - AD comes *before* the year, not *after* it, ie, AD 2004.
Also, for political correctness, it is common to see BCE and CE now... these are Before Common Era, and Common Era.

12-31-2003, 05:20 PM	#1
Volguuz RageWaar Manshoon Join Date: April 1, 2002 Location: Portugal Age: 39 Posts: 218	Can someone help me, i know that this is quiet weird for a question yet i am ignorant to it's meaning, when we see in movies and in other places the reference of a specific year followed by "A.D" what does it means "A.D.", is that normaly we have B.C. or A.C. wich are before and after christ, please HELP... __________________ Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. Love is the law, Love under will<br /> <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[chaos]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/chaos.gif\" /> <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[diablo]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/diablo.gif\" /> <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[chaos]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/chaos.gif\" />

12-31-2003, 05:27 PM	#2
Paladin2000 Fzoul Chembryl Join Date: February 19, 2002 Location: Your guess is as good as mine. Age: 52 Posts: 1,728	AD - anno Domini; in the year of the Lord (Latin); since the birth of Jesus Christ (used in designating dates). __________________ (This is an invisible sig.)

12-31-2003, 05:29 PM	#3
Volguuz RageWaar Manshoon Join Date: April 1, 2002 Location: Portugal Age: 39 Posts: 218	thanks for the enlightment __________________ Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. Love is the law, Love under will<br /> <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[chaos]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/chaos.gif\" /> <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[diablo]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/diablo.gif\" /> <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[chaos]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/chaos.gif\" />

12-31-2003, 11:24 PM	#4
LennonCook Jack Burton Join Date: November 10, 2001 Location: Bathurst & Orange, in constant flux Age: 37 Posts: 5,452	And all those times you've seen something like 2004 AD; you've seen an error - AD comes before the year, not after it, ie, AD 2004. Also, for political correctness, it is common to see BCE and CE now... these are Before Common Era, and Common Era.

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