1st century BC

The 1st century BC started the first day of 100 BC and ended the last day of 1 BC. An alternative name for this century is the last century BC. The AD/BC notation does not use a year zero; however, astronomical year numbering does use a minus sign, so '2 BC' is equal to 'year -1'.

Events

• 92 BC Lucullus invades Armenia, setting off 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)
• c. 0s BC Birth of Jesus of Nazareth (see Chronology of Jesus' birth and death and Anno Domini for further details)
• The Roman Republic becomes the Roman Empire

Significant persons

• 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
• Jesus of Nazareth, central figure of Christianity
• 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
• Paul of Tarsus, Christian apostle
• 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

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