1st century BC

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Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century
Decades: 90s BC 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s 10s 0s BC

( 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium)

The 1st century BC started on January 1, 100 BC and ended on December 31, 1 BC. An alternative name for this century is the last century BC. The AD/BC notation does not use a year zero. Scientific notation does, however, uses a minus sign, so '2 BC' is equal to 'year -1'.

Events

Bust of Julius Caesar
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Bust of Julius Caesar
  • 92 BC Lucullus invades Armenia insinuating the centuries long Roman vs Persian Wars.
  • 57 BC Silla is founded in southeastern Korea (traditional date according to Samguk Sagi)
  • 53 BC The Parthians defeat the Romans under Crassus in the Battle of Carrhae
  • 49 BC January 10: Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon river, precipitating war with Rome
  • 44 BC Julius Caesar murdered
  • 37 BC Goguryeo is founded in southern Manchuria (traditional date according to Samguk Sagi)
  • 31 BC Roman Civil War: Battle of Actium - Off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
  • 18 BC Baekje is founded in midwestern Korea (traditional date according to Samguk Sagi)
  • The Roman Republic becomes the Roman Empire
  • Birth of Jesus of Nazareth See: Chronology of Jesus' birth and death and Anno Domini for further details

Significant persons

Cicero Denouncing Catiline by Cesare Maccari.One of several political conflicts in the Roman Republic during this century
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Cicero Denouncing Catiline by Cesare Maccari.One of several political conflicts in the Roman Republic during this century
  • Burebista, greatest king of Dacia
  • Catiline, attempted to overthrow Roman Republic
  • Caesar Augustus, Roman emperor
  • Cicero, Roman politician and writer
  • Cleopatra VII of Egypt, Egyptian ruler
  • Herod the Great
  • Hillel the Elder, Jewish rabbi
  • Horace, Roman poet
  • Julius Caesar, Roman politician
  • Livy, Roman historian
  • Lucretius, Roman philosopher
  • Marcus Antonius, Roman politician
  • Marcus Junius Brutus, Caesar's adopted son, supposedly killed him
  • Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Roman statesman and general
  • Sextus Pompeius, pirate
  • Ptolemy XIII of Egypt, drowned in Nile
  • Ovid, Roman poet
  • Virgil, Roman poet
  • Spartacus, gladiator
  • Sima Qian, Chinese historian
  • Tigranes the Great, king of Armenia

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

  • Sunspots, first recorded by Chinese
  • The Antikythera mechanism is made
  • The first dome was built by the romans
  • Glass blowing is invented in Roman Syria

Decades and years

100s BC 109 BC 108 BC 107 BC 106 BC 105 BC 104 BC 103 BC 102 BC 101 BC 100 BC
90s BC 99 BC 98 BC 97 BC 96 BC 95 BC 94 BC 93 BC 92 BC 91 BC 90 BC
80s BC 89 BC 88 BC 87 BC 86 BC 85 BC 84 BC 83 BC 82 BC 81 BC 80 BC
70s BC 79 BC 78 BC 77 BC 76 BC 75 BC 74 BC 73 BC 72 BC 71 BC 70 BC
60s BC 69 BC 68 BC 67 BC 66 BC 65 BC 64 BC 63 BC 62 BC 61 BC 60 BC
50s BC 59 BC 58 BC 57 BC 56 BC 55 BC 54 BC 53 BC 52 BC 51 BC 50 BC
40s BC 49 BC 48 BC 47 BC 46 BC 45 BC 44 BC 43 BC 42 BC 41 BC 40 BC
30s BC 39 BC 38 BC 37 BC 36 BC 35 BC 34 BC 33 BC 32 BC 31 BC 30 BC
20s BC 29 BC 28 BC 27 BC 26 BC 25 BC 24 BC 23 BC 22 BC 21 BC 20 BC
10s BC 19 BC 18 BC 17 BC 16 BC 15 BC 14 BC 13 BC 12 BC 11 BC 10 BC
0s BC 9 BC 8 BC 7 BC 6 BC 5 BC 4 BC 3 BC 2 BC 1 BC
0s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Millennium Century
4th BC: 40th BC 39th BC 38th BC 37th BC 36th BC 35th BC 34th BC 33rd BC 32nd BC 31st BC
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1st BC: 10th BC 9th BC 8th BC 7th BC 6th BC 5th BC 4th BC 3rd BC 2nd BC 1st BC
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