[SampleMan]

B.C.E.

I detest this new sensibility that although we track our years from the time of Christ, we can't actually acknowledge Christ as the reason.

[AceMineral]

BCE: Before Common Era

[SunkenCiv]

[muawiyah]

You can ~ there are other's who simply agree on the time-frame if not the meaning or relevance of the actors.

I don't have a problem with it, and the Jews, Buddhists and Hindus don't either, nor do the Moslems.

No one is going to criticize you for spelling it out however you wish. They know what you mean anyway.