He lived probably in the first century of the common era.

Scholars generally date it somewhere around the beginning of the common era.

Scholars tend to give dates around the beginning of the common era.

These writings were collected in the first centuries of the common era.

In the first centuries of the common era, it was called Saketa.

Wootz originated in the region before the beginning of the common era.

Evidence shows that reconstructions occurred in the first centuries of the common era.

This translation work took place over the course of the 5th through 10th centuries of the common era.

Scholars now generally agree that this literature belongs to the first few centuries of the common era.

Some are therefore inclined to place his composition well before the Common Era.