The abbreviations BCE (“before the common era”) and CE (“common era” or “current era”) both follow a date. These forms of reference are increasingly preferred to the overtly Christian abbreviations BC (“before Christ”), which follows a date, and AD (“anno Domini,” Latin for “in the year of the Lord”), which precedes a date.
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40 BCE |
40 BC |
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1280 CE |
AD 1280 |
Exercises:
Abbreviations 1
Abbreviations 2