uh....No!
A.D. is based on the birth of Christ. (in spite of the “After Death” reference)
Common Era is used to ignore the existence of Christ.
“A.D. is based on the birth of Christ. (in spite of the After Death reference). Common Era is used to ignore the existence of Christ.”
Dang. Up until today I thought it meant “Christian Era”.
Why I’m an engineer and not an archaeologist...
AD doesn’t stand for After Death but rather Anno Domini, Latin for, “in the year of the Lord”.