year zero

a non-existing (but often assumed) year in between 1 BCE/BC and 1 CE/AD

Noun

  1. a non-existing (but often assumed) year in between 1 BCE/BC and 1 CE/AD
    • The new millennium only began in 2001 because there is no year zero!
  2. the beginning of the Common Era/Christian Era
    • What was life in Rome like around the year zero?