BC - AD vs BCE - CE Explained in less than 5 minutes!

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  • Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2024

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  • @mikalene15
    @mikalene15 3 года назад +32

    Great explanation. I never understood it until now 👏🏻👏🏻

    • @ExploringArtwithAlessandro
      @ExploringArtwithAlessandro  3 года назад +3

      Thank you! I am really happy it is useful☺

    • @staszkoalcatras
      @staszkoalcatras 3 года назад +4

      @@ExploringArtwithAlessandro to me CE and BCE is like putting dot at the end of Ford trade mark and calling it your own. Both are referring to the same event, believer or not the birth of Jesus Christ is one of the greatest turning point in history. Today only the most fanatic atheist debate wether Christ was a historical figure or not, trying to remove religion from history is no different than rewriting it. Hypocrite, that i would call person who knowingly uses those terms, they try to remove religion from everything but the only thing they can come up with it slightly different term for birth of Jesus Christ, the right way to do it would be to leave those terms alone and treat Jesus as historical figure that started biggest religion in the world.

    • @ExploringArtwithAlessandro
      @ExploringArtwithAlessandro  3 года назад +3

      Yes, that's exactly the point. It doesn't matter if you believe or not: the birth of Christ is an historical event and back then was considered really important.
      So important to be taken as the moment from which start counting.
      It's a cultural thing, not religious, but anyway with BCE and CE there is the opportunity to use a different convention☺

    • @staszkoalcatras
      @staszkoalcatras 3 года назад +2

      @@ExploringArtwithAlessandro to be honest I'm always against things like that, 20th and 21st is witness to brutal history distortion. On one hand you have things like bloodthirsty inquisition and mad killers templars on the other you have tolerant Saladin and peacefully islam expansion, BS the size of sun pushed by main stream culture. I'm sensitive on the subject because for last 25 years i witness how media switch victims with oppressors when it comes to WW2, event that is fairly well documented. Terms like noble savage or Polish death camps are used today for political agenda with no regard for history. If we allow this to happen then what we get is Cassius Clay rejecting his name (given to him by his father after man who risked his life to stop slavery) in favor o Muhammad Ali ( two slave traders who were white and thought that black people are devil) or BLM blockheads tearing down monuments of people that risk their life to end slavery. History is identity if we allow to change that we will lose our identity and become undefined mob that will believe everything.

    • @Svensk7119
      @Svensk7119 Год назад

      ​@@ExploringArtwithAlessandroI would disagree on one point, sir. One can say AD 73 was when Mount Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii, but it is just as common (if not as proper) to hear Mount Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii in 73 AD.
      The plaque on the Sea of Tranquility says, "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July, 1969 AD. We came in Peace for All Mankind."
      Neil Armstrong didn't say AD, but it is written on the plaque. If someone says 31 AD or some other date, most folks that I know wouldn't think twice about it.

  • @billbillerton6122
    @billbillerton6122 2 года назад +84

    I will always use BC and AD.
    If others don't like the religious connotations then we might as well change the names of the days of the week and the names of the planets.
    There is no rational argument for the change.

    • @ExploringArtwithAlessandro
      @ExploringArtwithAlessandro  2 года назад +4

      Thank you for sharing

    • @internetguy8075
      @internetguy8075 Год назад +22

      I completely agree with you. It feels like some weird kind of cultural-revolution-esque move to do away with BC and AD just because of the religious connotations.

    • @one_step_sideways
      @one_step_sideways Год назад +1

      Interesting how the "common era" in question started after one specific event in history which the seculars can never admit had happened because the most documented event in history can somehow be incorrect

    • @Oglefamily23
      @Oglefamily23 Год назад +5

      Oh be quiet people can agree or disagree with whatever they life .

    • @one_step_sideways
      @one_step_sideways Год назад +4

      @@Oglefamily23 That is proof that God exists and is so merciful that He lets people freely believe even in completely wrong things, so long as they realize that it is wrong and come back to being right

  • @PantherXS72
    @PantherXS72 7 месяцев назад +6

    Thank you so much I had never knew this properly. You explained it better than my history teacher! Thank you now I'm not going to fail my exams.😀

  • @a.m.9357
    @a.m.9357 2 года назад +9

    Far, far better than all the other vids I have watched on BC and AD. Thanks. AD 2022!

  • @justchilling704
    @justchilling704 3 года назад +24

    Besides the first two days, every day of the week is named after a Norse God, and many of the months are named after Greek/Roman gods, the planets of the solar systems are also named after Greco/Roman gods. How come nobody makes a fuss about this, or wants to rename every month and day of the week bc it has a religious origin? There seems to be a bias against things of Christian origin
    Christianity has been the most impactful faith ever and Jesus the most impactful figure, it does make sense to base out dating system on his life when those two facts are considered so I don’t see any issue unless we rename everything with a religious origin.

    • @ExploringArtwithAlessandro
      @ExploringArtwithAlessandro  3 года назад +3

      Haha I got your point. Just my role is to make the concept clear. I am not judging the faith and I think that one of the good things about art is that we can appreciate a work of art beside our believes, culture or origins :-)

    • @justchilling704
      @justchilling704 3 года назад +7

      @@ExploringArtwithAlessandro Oh for sure, it’s wasn’t saying this about you btw. I was just making a complaint about academia. Great video btw it deserves more views.

    • @ExploringArtwithAlessandro
      @ExploringArtwithAlessandro  3 года назад +2

      Yes I got it, don't worry :-) Thanks, I appreciate and I hope you guys can help to push the channel, so I can make more contents :-)

    • @justchilling704
      @justchilling704 3 года назад +1

      @@ExploringArtwithAlessandro For sure I love the content you make, may you continue to grow and blessed by the algorithm 👍🏽

    • @ExploringArtwithAlessandro
      @ExploringArtwithAlessandro  3 года назад +2

      Haha thank you! Yes, let's see if the algorithm helps😁

  • @terryfreeman1018
    @terryfreeman1018 3 года назад +13

    Thank you sir. That's a superb explanation as I always thought AD meant after death. 👍

  • @factorsfx2851
    @factorsfx2851 3 года назад +4

    Finally I got the explanation loud and clear.

  • @travisdom9391
    @travisdom9391 2 года назад +4

    i knew BC and AD... Before Christ and Anno Domini latin of time of Christ....but youtubers have been saying BCE and CE i have to know what's up...so thank you for this...

  • @ryanmink2440
    @ryanmink2440 3 месяца назад +1

    Well done with the video. I had no idea about bce and ce but I’ll be sticking with the originals. Thanks for your work!

  • @ouzel4209
    @ouzel4209 2 года назад +3

    I finally found a video i can understand, those other video dont really explain it right

  • @g.elijahdann4353
    @g.elijahdann4353 Год назад +2

    Very nice explanation Alessandro! Thank you.

  • @giuffre714
    @giuffre714 3 года назад +16

    The only problem is there is nothing common about this era : )

  • @munayeshechiriro6082
    @munayeshechiriro6082 3 года назад +2

    This has hepled me very much....... I was so confused about this eversince I started college. Yhank you!!!

    • @ExploringArtwithAlessandro
      @ExploringArtwithAlessandro  3 года назад +2

      I am really happy it helped you! Feel free to share the video and I hope you can enjoy the other topics :-)

    • @karasing8905
      @karasing8905 3 года назад +2

      I agree! Really well made

  • @TheTruthhurts1984
    @TheTruthhurts1984 8 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for the simple explanation and making it easy. I never knew what most of them meant.

  • @JackJack-qd7yu
    @JackJack-qd7yu 21 день назад

    I have watched several videos and I didn't get the point but this one really helped me , thanks a lot

  • @Jeremy-eu9em
    @Jeremy-eu9em 3 года назад +7

    Brilliant content and explanation, Alesssandro. Thank you!

  • @KARENROCHA-ur8mh
    @KARENROCHA-ur8mh Год назад +3

    That was a great video. Thank you!

  • @reuskyle5515
    @reuskyle5515 Год назад +1

    I have to do a thesis and I just wanted to say this was really helpful for me tk you for the vid.

  • @ssam269
    @ssam269 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for the clarity.

  • @bensfixitpage341
    @bensfixitpage341 Год назад +1

    Very well explained. Clearly understood. Thank you.

  • @tannermccollum7060
    @tannermccollum7060 17 дней назад

    In short use whichever you're most comfortable with. I prefer BCE and CE since I subconsciously knew it was mostly similar enough and I prefer being neutral.

  • @GeoffreyTrotter-w5x
    @GeoffreyTrotter-w5x Год назад +1

    Thank you, Alessandro. Slay!

  • @thelastconfederate77
    @thelastconfederate77 2 года назад +2

    Thank You :)

  • @raymanbristol4347
    @raymanbristol4347 2 года назад +1

    Clear explanation. Thank you Allesandro

  • @perpetualbystander4516
    @perpetualbystander4516 Год назад +35

    I refuse to use anything but BC and AD. Those other variations are just redundant and imo therefore utterly stupid. 😒

    • @ExploringArtwithAlessandro
      @ExploringArtwithAlessandro  Год назад +5

      Thanks for sharing

    • @Fan-nothing
      @Fan-nothing 8 месяцев назад +5

      Totally agree it will always be BC and AD.

    • @P13586
      @P13586 6 месяцев назад +3

      And please don't forget that these suffixes apply to a calendar invented by the Christian world. To use the terms BCE/CE instead is an act of vandalism.

    • @GentlemanLife-Beyotch
      @GentlemanLife-Beyotch 5 месяцев назад +1

      It doesn't MATTER what you refuse!
      🤨

    • @charleswhitefullbusteruchi1972
      @charleswhitefullbusteruchi1972 Месяц назад

      ​@@GentlemanLife-Beyotchby that logic it doesn't matter what you refute either

  • @1A_B_C1
    @1A_B_C1 Год назад +1

    I was surprised you have only 1k+ subscriber.
    You should have atleast 100K

  • @angelynsantos6939
    @angelynsantos6939 Год назад +1

    Thank you for this video.

  • @BradyKuan
    @BradyKuan 3 месяца назад +1

    Thank you❤

  • @marianereilyncruz2228
    @marianereilyncruz2228 Год назад +1

    Thank you! You explained it clearly.

  • @dontviewmybio8248
    @dontviewmybio8248 3 года назад +1

    love your accent so much and you made it soo simple love it god bless you

  • @jdiaz4877
    @jdiaz4877 2 года назад +2

    thank you!!!!

  • @louisbryte5307
    @louisbryte5307 Год назад +1

    Thanks so much for this

  • @zohraveedy3918
    @zohraveedy3918 2 года назад +1

    It was really helpful - thanks for the video.

  • @shaneriggs6678
    @shaneriggs6678 Год назад +1

    They might as well of change the numbers too, instead of 2024 AD we instead live in 10024 or 12024 CE depending on when you want to start the calendar, no more negative numbers BCE doesn't exist it basically just a new name for the stone age and everything is just considered common era now starting with the bronze age, and we might as well change the names of the days of the week and months as well

    • @ExploringArtwithAlessandro
      @ExploringArtwithAlessandro  Год назад +1

      Thanks for sharing

    • @ashour_abdal
      @ashour_abdal 5 месяцев назад

      You are wrong, we wouldn’t change to 10024, there are people that have calendars of them own timelines so BC isn’t important

  • @markhorton1718
    @markhorton1718 Год назад +2

    Thank you for making the BCE and CE abbreviations clear. ☮❤☮

  • @shamelsinha8528
    @shamelsinha8528 Год назад +1

    great video thanks

  • @norajohnson2841
    @norajohnson2841 2 года назад +1

    I really appreciate this video. Thank you!

  • @DarkAlley-gn7gp
    @DarkAlley-gn7gp 5 месяцев назад +1

    ❤Thank you

  • @la_silenciosa_maria
    @la_silenciosa_maria 2 года назад +1

    Thank You

  • @spicytank262
    @spicytank262 Год назад +1

    thank you

  • @gajendrangaja4440
    @gajendrangaja4440 10 месяцев назад +1

    Hey nice & understandable video buddy..❤

  • @37navjot
    @37navjot Год назад +1

    Thanks man

  • @donal-bertomaldonado3428
    @donal-bertomaldonado3428 2 года назад +1

    Question,
    Before common era, what was the calender system that was used. Going back to Julius Cesar, what was the lunar calender number that was used?
    Julius Cesar borm _____.
    Julie's Cesar Died ______.
    I'm asking these questions because as I'm studying the old testament, I come across years such as, the captivity of the 10 tribes of Israel began on 742 BC.
    742 BC converts to what acutial year using the calender of that time before Jesus.
    I believe it was the lunar calender. But, what is the number?
    I thank you in advance for your feedback.
    Al-Berto

    • @ExploringArtwithAlessandro
      @ExploringArtwithAlessandro  2 года назад +2

      Hi. I am not completely sure I got the question.
      I am not an expert of ancient calendars. In particular considering that during the ancient Rome many calendars have been used and updated starting from the lunar calendar.
      That's why the Gregorian calendar has been really useful to make order.

    • @donal-bertomaldonado3428
      @donal-bertomaldonado3428 2 года назад

      @@ExploringArtwithAlessandro Ok, let's pretend there was no Jesus. What year would it be today?

    • @ExploringArtwithAlessandro
      @ExploringArtwithAlessandro  2 года назад +3

      As I said in the video that's the problem of not having a reference...
      How can you count if you don't know from when you start counting...?

    • @donal-bertomaldonado3428
      @donal-bertomaldonado3428 2 года назад

      @@ExploringArtwithAlessandro Thank you for your feedback. One reason that in trying to find answers is because as you read the old testament you hear of people that lived over 700 years, such as Moses, Issac or Noah. It is when, I ask myself, (self) how did someone come up with such numbers. There had to be some type of calendar or system in place to arrive at such numbers. Unless is all exaggerated or fabricated.
      In either case, I do thank you for your feedback.
      😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

    • @princephillip9572
      @princephillip9572 7 месяцев назад

      before this recent calendar, in the ancient times people had their own calendars based on their own cultures and also was based on the four seasons , the change weather , and counting the days by each season , all these around a circle and so you could count the circles , and each circle in some cultures (like ancient egypt ) had their own icon , example : the circle of the eagle it would be the year (chinese calendar could be an example of this) also the history of monarch reigns helped to count the time people were living

  • @DuanTorruellas
    @DuanTorruellas Год назад +1

    Thank you very much -- Lodka❤

  • @lovemust
    @lovemust 2 года назад +1

    Superb! ❤️

  • @kathakcalm1055
    @kathakcalm1055 3 года назад +1

    Thank you. You are clear and kind.

  • @burlingwoodau7277
    @burlingwoodau7277 Год назад +1

    so what year was the year of Jesus's birth? 1 CE? Dec 25, 1 AD? If an event happed in July 10 of Jesus' birth year what is the date of that event? Thanks . I understand that his birth year should be 4 BC but lets assume that it is correct.

  • @yankychannels
    @yankychannels Год назад +1

    The church made the calculations for the calendar so it’s bc ad, anything else is propagated

  • @udayanganianuradha6532
    @udayanganianuradha6532 Год назад +1

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @eawnallah8338
    @eawnallah8338 3 года назад +1

    Question: 300bce in the timeline is older than 400bce?

    • @ExploringArtwithAlessandro
      @ExploringArtwithAlessandro  3 года назад +4

      Hi, it's the opposite: 400BCE is older than 300BCE.
      Just remember that before 0 you count backward. Think like you have negative numbers☺

    • @eawnallah8338
      @eawnallah8338 3 года назад +1

      @@ExploringArtwithAlessandro tysm i passed

    • @ExploringArtwithAlessandro
      @ExploringArtwithAlessandro  3 года назад +1

      Good job! Please share the video among your friends

  • @coolfix948
    @coolfix948 Год назад +2

    How about weeks , months named after roman gods and deities ? Why didn't they change that ? Why change only BC and AD which nobody knew before , now i know why exactly they changed it. This is not religious neutrality this is hatred for Christianity. If you don't like Gregorian calendar use your own calendar.

  • @SBGCustoms
    @SBGCustoms Год назад

    Do we know if there is a year before god? I am not sure but pretty sure we all don’t is there other types of years is my question.

  • @BLACKWOLF1REDEYES
    @BLACKWOLF1REDEYES 4 месяца назад

    I have to ask? what is common over these years?

  • @remigiuszdarmach4233
    @remigiuszdarmach4233 7 месяцев назад

    Hey, I was wondering, since A.D. is short from Latin why B.C. is short from English? Every language uses different short for before Crist in their native language. Why aren't every one using Latin C.N. ( ante Christum natum)? I just find it very counter intuitive and confusing.

    • @ExploringArtwithAlessandro
      @ExploringArtwithAlessandro  7 месяцев назад +1

      Hi, I know the use of both Latin and English sounds a bit confusing, but we are talking about rules decided centuries ago. If it helps, you can use BCE/CE, which stands for "Before the Common Era" and "Common Era."

  • @Ma1q444
    @Ma1q444 Год назад +3

    Scientists always coming up with dumb terms to stray from God

  • @rolomart
    @rolomart Год назад +1

    Well explained. HOWEVER...BCE / CE is still an arbitrary point on the calendar. So the question then becomes what event or reason for that chosen point? I'm not a religious person, so I don't care about JC but this sounds like politics more than anything else. Why muddy the waters? If it's not broke don't fix it.

    • @ExploringArtwithAlessandro
      @ExploringArtwithAlessandro  Год назад +1

      I understand your point of view: it sounds hypocrite since the events in time are exactly the same. What is different are just how we call those moments

  • @udayanganianuradha6532
    @udayanganianuradha6532 Год назад +1

    🧡🧡🧡🧡

  • @rayc5577
    @rayc5577 Год назад

    Asking an atheist when was Rome established is probably the funniest thing to witness

  • @Miguel-Gutierrez
    @Miguel-Gutierrez 2 года назад +1

    Yes, there is a wrong and right. Would change "cm" to something you like because you don't like French. It's a measurement system the world uses.

  • @ThisRmine
    @ThisRmine 6 месяцев назад

    So how many years before ad/ce era? 🤔

    • @ExploringArtwithAlessandro
      @ExploringArtwithAlessandro  6 месяцев назад +1

      Sorry, what do you mean with "how many years before ad/ce era?"

    • @ThisRmine
      @ThisRmine 6 месяцев назад

      @@ExploringArtwithAlessandro I mean how many years are there before 1ad/ce?

    • @ThisRmine
      @ThisRmine 6 месяцев назад

      @@ExploringArtwithAlessandro so there a 4000 years bc/bce before ad/ce?or what?

    • @ExploringArtwithAlessandro
      @ExploringArtwithAlessandro  6 месяцев назад +1

      @@ThisRmine 1, since before the birth of Christ we count with BC and BCE

    • @ThisRmine
      @ThisRmine 6 месяцев назад

      @@ExploringArtwithAlessandro oh so before Christ born it just backward years like -300+ bce right?

  • @carydum9356
    @carydum9356 Год назад +1

    Months are named after Roman Deities. The days are named after Norse Deities. Numerals used in dates are Hindu-Arabic. Yeah, let's ditch the Christian terms. And while we're at it, let's call it Western Calendar.

  • @myfathertaughtmethat
    @myfathertaughtmethat 10 месяцев назад +1

    You left out a pretty important detail. They also invented the calendar that everyone still uses. What is wrong with giving credit to the creators and just keep to the plan. Where have our principles gone? The BCE and CE concept is borderline theft of intellectual property.

  • @trevorstieger6762
    @trevorstieger6762 Год назад

    I'd like to ask this...let's say in the future we find out there was no god or never was. What would our year be then 4.8 billion two thousand and twenty three??? It goes to show how strong a commitee of ppl can be back in the old days.

  • @briankgarland
    @briankgarland 3 года назад +2

    BCE = Before Christian Era
    CE = Christian Era
    Yeah......see how silly it is now. The same event marks the point of delineation.

    • @ExploringArtwithAlessandro
      @ExploringArtwithAlessandro  3 года назад +1

      It's not an official measure, but thanks to share your thought😁

    • @briankgarland
      @briankgarland 3 года назад +1

      @@ExploringArtwithAlessandro Not sure what that means, but no it's not artificial. It marks the point in time before the birth of Christ and after. Whether you are a religious believer or not is irrelevant....that's what it marks.

    • @thearkadianm
      @thearkadianm 2 года назад

      BCE= Before common era
      CE: Common era
      just to correct you 😀

  • @lobsterwithhisshouldersbac8368

    Lets change Christmas, easter Sunday, thanksgiving and maybe even independence day too while we’re at it. Christmas and and easters thats about Jesus. Thanksgiving was a holiday made by abraham Lincoln (he being named after abraham from the bible) to give thanksgiving to god. Independence day because despite the people gonna say “ separation of church and state” and yet our president and even in court we swear oaths over the bible. Yeah separation of church and state even though god and Christianity is built into a justice system.

  • @ayetizzo
    @ayetizzo 9 месяцев назад

    Should be:
    BC, DC, AC, CA, FA, SC
    Before Christ
    During Christ
    After Christ
    Current Ages
    Future Ages
    Second Coming
    Because why is there a before and after but not a during?

    • @ExploringArtwithAlessandro
      @ExploringArtwithAlessandro  9 месяцев назад +2

      Because to consider "during" you should count the years Christ was alive and that what make way more complex the calculations

  • @DuanTorruellas
    @DuanTorruellas Год назад

    So common Era is just another way of saying AD , and before CE is basically before the birth of christ .

    • @ExploringArtwithAlessandro
      @ExploringArtwithAlessandro  Год назад +2

      Correct

    • @DuanTorruellas
      @DuanTorruellas Год назад

      @@ExploringArtwithAlessandro great video I I grew up thinking anno domine stood for after the death of christ . And BC before Christ. And then there was before common Era . And I was like , what the hell is common Era? I thought that meant after the industrial revolution hahahaha. Then I started studying witchcraft and theology and I got into ancient Sumer and I released I was spending more time back before the second temple . So even though I know roughly where things fit in the timeline in my head I wonder why we had so many references for eras. Thanks again.

  • @smrk2452
    @smrk2452 10 месяцев назад +1

    How can you use the birth of Jesus as a numeric starting point but then erase His name from it. Makes no sense!

    • @ExploringArtwithAlessandro
      @ExploringArtwithAlessandro  10 месяцев назад +1

      thanks for sharing

    • @jasonledyard3523
      @jasonledyard3523 7 дней назад +1

      I am not religious, but I completely agree. Changing things just confuses people for no reason and shrouds the reason for the date term with no gain for doing so.

  • @dadmangraham2153
    @dadmangraham2153 10 месяцев назад

    It’s B.C. stands for “Before Christ,” as in Jesus Christ. It indicates the number of years before the birth of Jesus (although Jesus himself was born in 4 B.C.). A.D. stands for the Latin phrase Anno Domini. That translates to “In the year of our Lord.” It’s used to mark years after the birth of Jesus.
    B.C.E. is a term idiots use because they what to replace the Christian influence out of everything

  • @freenky0508
    @freenky0508 Год назад

    Then when was the birth of Christ?

  • @daxinventor3542
    @daxinventor3542 Год назад

    Leave it to humans to create a reference point in time that has so many meanings that by the time we read it, nothing makes any real sense. BC to CE to BCE blah, blah, blah. Lets try to keep it simple. Having all of these different points makes absolutely no sense at all.