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AUC

Syllabification: (AUC)
Definition of AUC

abbreviation

  • used to indicate a date reckoned from 753 bc, the year of the foundation of Rome:765 auc

Origin:

from Latin ab urbe condita 'from the foundation of the city', also anno urbis conditae 'in the year of the founding of the city'

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