Re: [Citizendium-l] BC/AD or BCE/CE?

[Phil Wardle]

Agreed David and a very good point indeed. I also think that we need to use culturally pertinent dating, at least in parenthesis. As for Roma, A.U.C. (ab urba condita or anno urbis conditae) I have already mentioned in jest, but I'm tempted to actually use it, even if the foundation date of 753 BCE was based on legend, it is still a valid dating system and in addition gives the reader a sense of the age of the city state at the point in time that any article on ancient Roman history is dealing with. Cheers, Phil. David Goodman wrote: I think Bill has it right, & it similar to WP practice. For a more detailed discussion, see the extremely extensive archived discussions on this question on WP. What is not WP practice but should be ours, is the dates of events in times/places not using either of these systems should additional have appropriate year numbers. I conside it culturally insensitive to disscuss events in the history of Islam without providing A.H. years, at least in parenthesis.  As for Roman history, to be unambiguously  clear, all we need do is add A.U.C.

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