ab urbe condita

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. Alternative form of AUC, the era of the Roman historians now usually reckoned from 753 bc.
adv
  1. Alternative form of AUC: from the foundation of Rome, now usually reckoned as 753 bc.

Word forms

ab urbe condita

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ab Urbe conditā (“in the year from the city having been founded”), in reference to Rome.

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