question on dates b.c to ad

[swhunter]

what are they?
thks

[Teleklos Archelaou]

272 bc to 14 ad I believe.

[Kugutsu]

If you are asking what they mean, BC is Before Christ and AD is Anno Domini (lit: in the year of our lord). Since it was a christian calender first and foremost, it uses Christ as a reference point.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Only it's out be four or five years, Jesus was born 3-5 BC.

[Hegix]

Why does English use English (bc) then Latin (ad) instead of the same for both? I want consistency :)

[Boyar Son]

Why does English use English (bc) then Latin (ad) instead of the same for both? I want consistency :)

Cuz instead of A.D., it'd be I.T.Y.O.O.L. (in the year of our lord)

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Why does English use English (bc) then Latin (ad) instead of the same for both? I want consistency :)

Anno Domini was calculated, was it an English or French monk? In the 6th Century or so, can't remember, anyway. BC is fairly modern, the few mediaeval histories that pupported to go that far back talked about the reign of so-and-so Emperor.

So basically AD comes from a time when Latin was the most widely used Academic language and BC from the time when Britain was pre-eminant.

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

Only it's out be four or five years, Jesus was born 3-5 BC.

IIRC, the guy that made it was basing his count on years of Roman Emporer rule. And when he was doing Avgustus, he counted the years Avgvstvs ruled then went to the years before the Empire, but his source had a separate entry for the years the Octavian ruled. Same guy different names and entries = confusion and misdate.

[Intranetusa]

Only it's out be four or five years, Jesus was born 3-5 BC.

that's why modern histories use BCE and CE - before common era and common era

[Zim]

that's why modern histories use BCE and CE - before common era and common era

I seem to recall those also meaning Christian Era and Before Christian Era.

[swhunter]

272 bc to 14 ad I believe.

Yes that answered that. 272 to 14 a.d.
So what happens after 14 b.c.?
wil there be added more dates in the future?
thanks

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Nope. We've got too long a period as it is, we certainly won't be extending it. Too few factions and too few unit/model slots.