(thing) by Tiefling Thu Aug 17 2000 at 11:12:05

Ab Urbe Condita, meaning 'Since the Founding of the City', the city in this case being Rome. This was a common dating system in the ancient world. The current year would be (IIRC) 2754 AUC.

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