Why do some academics insist on saying “BCE” instead of “BC”.
That doesn’t change the fact that calendar years are based on the time of Christ’s birth.
Yes I know Jesus was not actually born in 1 AD. The point is, they still use the same year designation.
I agree. It’s a stupid statement.
What else happened (or was supposed to have happened) between 1 BC and 1 AD that makes it a “common era”?
NOTHING.
the Guptas in India, the Han in China didn’t see anything in that time that suddenly made things a “common era”.