before the common era
 

* 1.Before the Christian Era

2.before the birth of Christ

3.BCE

English Related Words* a babe in the woods

* a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

* a blot on the landscape

* a bolt from the blue

* a brand from the burning

* a buck of the first head

* a bun in the oven

* a cast of the eye

* a chip of the old block

* a chip off the old block

* a common multiple

* a common thread

* a dog in the manger

* a drain on the resources

* a drop in the bucket