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A century (from the Latin centum, meaning one hundred; abbreviated c.) is one hundred consecutive years. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages (e.g. "the 7th century AD/CE").
According to the Gregorian calendar, the 1st century AD/CE started on January 1, 1 and ended on December 31, 100. The 2nd century started at year 101, the 3rd at 201, etc. The n-th century started/will start on the year (100×n)-99 and ends in 100×n . A century will only include one year, the centennial year, that starts with the century's number (e.g. 1900 is the final year in the 19th century).
There is no "zeroth century" in between the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD. Also, there is no year 0 AD. The Julian calendar "jumps" from 1 BC to 1 AD. The first century BC includes the years 100 BC to 1 BC. Other centuries BC follow the same pattern.
Besides the Gregorian calendar, the Julian calendar, the Aztec calendar, and the Hindu calendar have cycles of years which are used to delineate whole time periods; the Hindu calendar, in particular, summarizes its years into groups of 60, while the Aztec calendar considers groups of 52.
Born in a time,
That you can't remember
World was like hell,
From sky rained fire
Created to fight and to koll
Till just one survives
To rule the world in the end
Is our final aim
We walked thru the times
Like the wind thru your hair
And you don't know
That we're at your side
We'll gather one day
In a secret place
And battle to the last
To fulfill detiny
Century to century
We ride on the light
From century to century
We fight to survive
Then me and the beast
Stand face to face -
Just the clash of the swords
Is reaching my ears
The strongest of all -
Is now in my hand Time has come -
To take his head
We walked thru the times
Like the wind thru your hair
And you don?t know
That we're at your side
We'll gather one day
In a secret place
And battle to the last
To fulfill detiny
Century to century
We ride on the light
From century to century