- Rome was founded in 753 BC. (羅馬建於西元前 753 年) (正)
- Rome was founded in BC 753. (誤)
解說:BC 指「西元前;公元前」,為 Before (the birth of) Christ 的縮寫,須置於年份之後。AD 指「西元;公元」,為拉丁語 Anno Domini 的縮寫,英文意思是 “(in the year) since the birth of Christ”,即 after the birth of Christ。AD 可置於年份之前或之後,如 The Persian Gulf War took place in 1990 AD/AD 1990 but lasted less than one year. (波斯灣戰爭在西元 1990 年爆發,但持續不到一年)。在美國,AD 和 BC 經常寫成 A.D. 和 B.C.。