[SunkenCiv]

No, it's not, it's an obvious use of a dating system common to non-Christians, such as the Israeli source of the story. So knock it off.

[yarddog]

Yes it is and you are right. It is used by people who are not Christians but don’t want to create their own system. They use the Christian system but want to dis them at the same time.

And yes it is intended to be.

Sort of like a person who doesn’t like Greeks but uses their alphabet and refers to it as the common letters.

[rollo tomasi]

Common era was used by 16th-18th Christian scholars as well. The Vulgaris Aerae means common era/vulgar era (different meaning used today) or “our Christian Era”. The fact that they are using the Gregorian calendar and thinking they side-step the Christian aspects of notation is hilarious in my opinion.

On topic, Mycenaeans, how, gradual and maybe instances of opportunities to exploit.