ab urbe condita
Meanings
adv
- Alternative form of AUC, the era of the Roman historians now usually reckoned from 753 bc.
adv
- Alternative form of AUC: from the foundation of Rome, now usually reckoned as 753 bc.
Word forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ab Urbe conditā (“in the year from the city having been founded”), in reference to Rome.
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