Ab urbe condita

:For the book Ab Urbe Condita see Ab Urbe Condita (book).

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Ab urbe condita (AUC or a.u.c.) is Latin for "from the founding of the city" (of Rome), supposed to have happened in 753 BC. It was one of several methods used for dating years in the Roman era, when the Roman calendar and the Julian calendar were in use. It appears to have been widely replaced by the anno Diocletiani (A.D.) system which in turn was gradually superseded by the anno Domini (A.D.) system of Dionysius Exiguus. Some modern historians claim that an era ab urbe condita (from the founding of the city of Rome) did not, in reality, exist in the ancient world, and the use of reckoning the years in this way is modern.

Related Topics:
Latin - The founding - Rome - 753 BC - Roman calendar - Julian calendar - Anno Diocletiani - Anno Domini - Dionysius Exiguus

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