I moved the content of the A.D. page to
Anno Domini tonight because I was having trouble getting redirects to work
to pages of initials, like A.D. See
[the history of the A.D. page] to follow the development of content before
Anno Domini was created.
<>< tbc, 11Aug01
Question about "erae": is this the proper plural of "era". Isn't the Latin word "aera" already a plural (the plural of aes)? If so, "erae" can't be right. -- SJK
- dunno. Don't have a Latin dictionary here, and I don't know the nominative.
Dictionary confirms era to be derived from the plural of
aes,
aeris. The difference in number and the fact that we dropped the
a show that this is an English rather than a Latin word, so the plural is the normal
eras.
Can some actual historian please put all us dilettantes to shame here on questions of the meaning of and motivations behind "B.C.E.," etc.? --
LMS
- Should Common Era be merged with this article? <>< tbc
I would say so, and I would rename the article Common Era. Anno Domini is not a noun or an adjective. "Common Era" is. -- SJK