ab urbe condita

A form of AUC — According to the Roman era, which reckons the number of years passed from the foundation of the city of Rome by Romulus, now usually taken as 753 bc.

OriginLatin ab Urbe conditā →
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Meanings

ab urbe condita1

adverbab urbe condita (not comparable)
  1. alternativehistoricalnot comparableAlternative form of AUC, the era of the Roman historians now usually reckoned from 753 bc.

ab Urbe condita2

adverbab Urbe condita (not comparable)
  1. alternativehistoricalnot comparablerareAlternative form of AUC: from the foundation of Rome, now usually reckoned as 753 bc.

Origin

ab urbe condita · adverb

  1. Latinab Urbe conditā“in the year from the city having been founded”
  2. Englishab urbe condita

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

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ab Urbe condita · adverb

  1. Latinab Urbe conditā“[in the year] from the city [of Rome] having been founded”
  2. Englishab Urbe condita

Borrowed from Latin ab Urbe conditā (“[in the year] from the city [of Rome] having been founded”).

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