What does ADE and BCE mean?
Why is Christmas important?
What Christmas tradition came from Saturnalia?
Christmas was traditionally a Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus, but in the early 20th century, it also became a secular family holiday, observed by Christians and non-Christians alike.
How did Year 1 start?
B.C. (or BC) – meaning “Before Christ”. Used for years before AD 1, counting backwards so the year n BC is n years before AD 1. Thus there is no year 0. C.E. (or CE) and B.C.E.
Before Common Era
Why was BC and AD changed to BCE and CE?
In recent years, a persistent criticism has been leveled against the use of the BCE/CE system (Before the Common or Current Era/Common or Current Era) , rather than BC/AD (Before Christ/Anno Domini or ‘Year of Our Lord’), in dating historical events.
