Our years are noted as AD, anno domini or "in the year of our lord".  So we are in 2021AD.  But for BC, obviously "before Christ", how did they refer to the years?  I mean if you asked someone in 10BC what year it is, what would they say?

 This was supposed to be the year the Mets were going to be contenders.  All the analysts said they would score a lot of runs to support the great pitching.  Well, the pitching has been really really good but the hitting has been way less than expected.  Granted there have been some glimpses of what could be but nothing to truly get excited about.  Here's hoping that when I look back at this post in a month or two I'll laugh at how I saw the glass as half empty.