BCE

Definition

Initialism of Before the Common Era, Before the Current Era, or Before the Christian Era.

Example Sentences

• "Socrates was tried and executed in the year 399 BCE."
• "We now know that circa 1600 BCE, the angara were created and seeded across Heleus by the Jardaan. Records of this process are less substantial than ancient angaran history, but it was apparently in service of a grand experiment."
• "The earliest reliable accounts of Chinese eclipses come from Spring and Autumn Annals (Ch’un-ch’iu), recording eclipses from 772 to 481 BCE, including a total solar eclipse in 709 BCE."