AB URBE CONDITA

ab urbe condita (ab [schwa]r-bee kon-di-t[schwa]). [Latin] From the founding of the city (esp. Rome in 753 B.C.). • This term is sometimes used in abbreviated form in classical dates. For example, the date “23 A.U.C.” means “23 years after the founding of Rome,” or 730 B.C. — Abbr. A.U.C.