Ab urbe condita
Ab urbe condita (Latin:
Usage of the term was more common during the
Significance
Prior to the Roman state's adoption of the
From the time of Claudius (r. AD 41–51) onward, this calculation superseded other contemporary calculations. Celebrating the anniversary of the city became part of imperial propaganda. Claudius was the first to hold magnificent celebrations in honor of the anniversary of the city, in AD 47,[6][7] the eight hundredth year from the founding of the city.[8] Hadrian, in AD 121, and Antoninus Pius, in AD 147 and AD 148, held similar celebrations respectively.
In AD 248,
Calendar era
The
The year AD 1 corresponds to AUC 754, based on the epoch of Varro. Thus:
AUC | Year | Event |
---|---|---|
1 | 753 BC | Foundation of the Kingdom of Rome
|
244 | 510 BC | Overthrow of the Roman monarchy |
259 | 495 BC | Death in exile of King Lucius Tarquinius Superbus |
490 | 264 BC | Punic Wars |
709 | 45 BC | First year of the Julian calendar |
710 | 44 BC | The assassination of Julius Caesar |
727 | 27 BC | Augustus became the first Roman emperor, starting the Principate |
753 | 1 BC | Astronomical Year 0 |
754 | AD 1 | Approximate birth date of Jesus, approximated by Dionysius Exiguus in AD 525 (AUC 1278) |
1000 | AD 247 | 1,000th Anniversary of the City of Rome |
1037 | AD 284 | Diocletian became Roman emperor, starting the Dominate |
1229 | AD 476 | Fall of the Western Roman Empire to the armies of Odoacer |
1246 | AD 493 | Establishment of the Ostrogothic Kingdom |
1306 | AD 553 | Italy under Eastern Roman control |
1507 | AD 754 | Foundation of the Papal States |
1553 | AD 800 | Creation of the Holy Roman Empire |
1824 | AD 1071 | Defeat of the Eastern Romans at the Battle of Manzikert |
1957 | AD 1204 | Sack of Constantinople by the Crusaders |
2000 | AD 1247 | 2,000th Anniversary of the City of Rome |
2206 | AD 1453 | Fall of the Eastern Roman Empire |
2336 | AD 1582 | First year of the Gregorian calendar |
2559 | AD 1806 | Abolition of the Holy Roman Empire |
2667-2671 | AD 1914-1918 | World War I |
2675 | AD 1922 | End of the Ottoman Sultanate |
2692-2698 | AD 1939-1945 | World War II |
2776 | AD 2023 | Last year |
2777 | AD 2024 | Current year |
2778 | AD 2025 | Next year |
See also
References
- ^ "Definition of AB URBE CONDITA". merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Definition of ANNO URBIS CONDITAE". merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ISBN 9781107032248.
- OCLC 70728478.
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- ^ Tacitus, Cornelius. Furneaux, Henry (ed.). Annals XI (in Latin) (1907 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 17.
ludi saeculares octingentesimo post Romam conditam
- ISBN 978-0-19-938113-5.
- ^ Hobler, Francis (1860). Records of Roman history, from Cnaeus Pompeius to Tiberius Constantinus, as exhibited on the Roman coins. London: John Bowyer Nichols. p. 222.
- ISSN 0009-6067.
- ^ Migne, Jacques-Paul. 1865. Liber de Paschate (Patrologia Latina 67), p. 481, § XX, note f
- ^ Blackburn, B. & Holford-Strevens, L, The Oxford Companion to the Year (Oxford University Press, 2003 corrected reprinting, originally 1999), pp. 778–780.
External links
- The dictionary definition of ab urbe condita at Wiktionary