Empires

[David M]

We mostly read about the Roman Empire. Here is the big picture.

http://www.mapsofwar.com/images/EMPIRE17.swf

This really puts it into perspective.

[sgtspector]

That's pretty cool but what does "C.E." stand for? I presume it is a politically correct replacement for A.D.

[David M]

I hope nobody is trying to change BC or AD. We already got rid of an entire planet this year.

[Panama Red]

I think CE stands for Common Era and BCE is Before Common Era. And yes they are intended to replace BC and AD by the non-religious community.

[tomster2300]

I think CE stands for Common Era and BCE is Before Common Era. And yes they are intended to replace BC and AD by the non-religious community.

You're right. It was rather funny when my Religions teacher tried explaining it to us in my Westerns Religions class last semester though. He was like "They both start the beginning of civilized time at the death of Christ, so it's kind of pointless...but this is what we use."

We all got a good snicker out of it.

[David M]

That is pretty funny....they want to change what it is called but they know they could never get away with changing how the years are numbered.

[Floppyman]

Pretty interesting page Dave, thanks for posting it.