The letters CE or BCE in conjunction with a year mean after or before year 1. CE is an abbreviation for Common Era. BCE is short for Before Common Era.

What does CE mean in years?

CE stands for “common (or current) era”, while BCE stands for “before the common (or current) era”. These abbreviations have a shorter history than BC and AD, although they still date from at least the early 1700s.

What century is 79 CE in?

AD 79Millennium:1st millenniumCenturies:1st century BC 1st century 2nd centuryDecades:50s 60s 70s 80s 90sYears:76 77 78 AD 79 80 81 82

What does 100 CE mean?

Common Era CE (Common Era) is the secular equivalent of AD (anno Domini), which means “in the year of the Lord” in Latin. BCE/CE have been in frequent use by Jewish academics for more than 100 years. The general acceptance of BCE/CE in science and academia has increased markedly during the first decades of the current century.

What came first BC or CE?

Common Era (CE) is one of the year notations used for the Gregorian calendar (and its predecessor, the Julian calendar), the worlds most widely used calendar era. Before the Common Era (BCE) is the era before CE. BCE and CE are alternatives to the Dionysian BC and AD notations, respectively.