C.E.
Modern calendar notation
C.E. stands for Common Era, a secular alternative to A.D. (Anno Domini, "in the year of the Lord") for dating years after year 1 of the Gregorian calendar.
Paired with B.C.E. (Before Common Era), it provides religiously neutral terminology while maintaining the same numbering: The temple was built in 516 C.E.
Academic and scientific writing increasingly favors C.E. over A.D.
Secular calendar designation
- calendarDate-tracking system
- GregorianNamed for a pope
- timelineOrdered display of events
- epochDistinct historical period
century · millennium · decade · year · date · period · era · chronology
Not involving worship
- neutralNot favoring any side
- inclusiveCovering all members
- secularNonreligious, worldly
- humanistEthics-focused secular philosopher
academic · scientific · pluralistic · civil · nonsectarian · universal · interfaith · scholarly
Mediterranean empire, antiquity
- Middle AgesEurope's feudal millennium
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
- historiographyStudy of history-writing
archaeological · periodization · historical events · civilization · recorded history
Ongoing professional coursework after graduation
- civil engineerPublic works designer
- chief executiveHighest-ranking administrator
- chemical engineeringConverting raw materials industrially
- computer engineeringHardware and software development field
Common Era
Secular calendar designation
epoch · century · millennium · decade · year · date · period · era · chronology · anno Domini
nonreligious
Not involving worship
humanist · academic · scientific · pluralistic · civil · nonsectarian · universal · interfaith · scholarly · modern usage
Ancient Rome
Mediterranean empire, antiquity
- Middle AgesEurope's feudal millennium
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
historiography · archaeological · periodization · historical events · civilization · recorded history
continuing education
Ongoing professional coursework after graduation
- civil engineerPublic works designer
- chief executiveHighest-ranking administrator
- chemical engineeringConverting raw materials industrially
computer engineering · consumer electronics · Church of England