原来表示公元多少年的A.D.的由来还是个拉丁语

A.D. stands for Anno Domini, which is Latin for "year of our Lord," and it means the number of years since the time of Jesus Christ. That was a little more than 2000 years ago, so the date 500 A.D. means a little more than 1500 years ago.

Some people use C.E. instead. That stands for Common Era, and people use it in order to avoid Christian references. 

翻译：A.D.是“Anno Domini”的缩写，是拉丁语，意思是“上帝之年”，它表示自从耶稣基督诞生后所经历的年数。这个年份距今大约是2000年前，因此“500 A.D.”就是大约1500年前了。

注：B.C.=Before Christ