Eastern Hemisphere at the beginning of the 1st century BC. A millennium (pl millennia) is a period of Time equal to one thousand Years (from Latin la mille, thousand and la annum The 1st millennium BC encompasses the Iron Age and sees the rise of successive empires A century (from the Latin centum, meaning one hundred is One hundred consecutive Years Centuries are numbered ordinally (e The 2nd century BC started the first day of 200 BC and ended the last day of 101 BC. The 1st century was the Century that lasted from 1 to 100 according the Julian calendar. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and trends Births 99 BC — Lucretius, Latin philosopher and poet Events and trends In the Roman Republic, the contest for power intensifies Events and trends Spartacus leads a slave revolt against Rome. Events and trends Philip II Philoromaeus briefly reign over parts of Syria Events and trends First Triumvirate: a secret pact for mutual advantage between Roman politicians Julius Caesar, Pompey and Events and trends Civil war in Roman Republic between Julius Caesar and forces of the Roman Senate ( 49 - 45 BC) Events and trends Octavian defeats Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII of Egypt at the Battle of Actium ( September 2, Events and trends The Pax Romana ( 27 BC – 180) begins for the Roman Empire.
Eastern Hemisphere at the end of the 1st century BC.
The 1st century BC started the first day of 100 BC and ended the last day of 1 BC. Year 1 BC was a Leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. Classical antiquity (also the classical era or classical period) is a broad term for a long period of cultural History centered on the Mediterranean An era is a commonly used word for long period of time When used in science for example geology eras denote clearly defined periods of time of arbitrary but well defined The categorization of Time into discrete named blocks is called Periodization. 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'. There is no year zero in the widely used Gregorian calendar, nor in its predecessor the Julian calendar. Astronomical year numbering is based on AD ( Anno Domini)/CE ( Common Era) year numbering but follows normal Decimal Integer numbering more strictly
In the course of the century all the remaining independent lands surrounding the Mediterranean were steadily brought under Roman control, being ruled either directly under governors or through puppet kings appointed by Rome. The Roman state itself was plunged into civil war several times, finally resulting in the marginalization of its 500 year old republic, and the embodiment of total state power in a single man - the emperor. The internal turbulence which plagued Rome at this time can be seen as the last death throes of the Roman Republic, as it finally gave way to the autocratic ambitions of powerful men like Julius Caesar, Mark Antony and Octavian. Marcus Antonius (in Latin: M·ANTONIVS·M·F·M·N ( c January 14 83 BC&ndash August 1, 30 BC known in English as Mark Augustus ( Latin: IMPERATOR·CAESAR·DIVI·FILIVS·AVGVSTVS September 23 63 BC – August 19 AD 14) born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, was Octavian's ascension to total power as the emperor Augustus is considered to mark the point in history where the Roman Republic ends and the Roman Empire begins. Augustus ( Latin: IMPERATOR·CAESAR·DIVI·FILIVS·AVGVSTVS September 23 63 BC – August 19 AD 14) born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, was The Roman Republic was the phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by a Republican form of government a period which began with the overthrow of the The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial Some scholars refer to this event as the Roman Revolution. The Roman Revolution is a Book by Sir Ronald Syme, a noted Tacitean scholar, recounting the final years of the ancient Roman Republic It is generally concluded that the birth of Jesus, the central figure of Christianity took place at the close of this century. Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings
Events
Bust of Julius Caesar
- 92 BC Lucullus invades Armenia, setting off the centuries long Roman vs Persian Wars. Year 92 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Gaius Claudius Pulcher and For his grandfather and namesake see Lucius Licinius Lucullus. The Kingdom of Armenia (or Greater Armenia) was an independent kingdom from 190 BC to AD 387 and a client state of the Roman and Persian empires until
- 81 BC Sulla is appointed dictator of the Roman state, and brings about major reforms. Year 81 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Sulla is appointed dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix ( Latin: L•CORNELIVS•L•F•P•N•SVLLA•FELIX (c
- 73 BC A slave rebellion lead by the escaped gladiator Spartacus leads to the Third Servile War. Year 73 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place British Isles Traditional date that Lud became King Spartacus (c 109 BC-71 BC according to Roman historians was a Slave who became the leader (or possibly one of several leaders in the unsuccessful slave The Third Servile War, also called the Gladiator War and The War of Spartacus by Plutarch, was the last of a series of unrelated and unsuccessful slave
- 63 BC Pompey captures Jerusalem, and establishes Roman annexation of Judea as a client kingdom. Year 63 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Pompey conquers Phonecia, Coele-Syria Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, commonly known as Pompey /'pɑmpi/ Pompey the Great or Pompey the Triumvir ( Classical Latin abbreviation Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the Judea or Judæa ( Hebrew: יהודה Standard Yəhuda Tiberian Yəhûḏāh, "praised King Judah Aristobulus II removed from power, while his brother John Hyrcanus II becomes king under Roman suzerainty. Suzerainty (ˈsjuːzərənti RP or /ˈsjuːzəreɪnti/ RP) (/ˈsuːzərənti/ GA) is a situation in which a Region or people is a
- 57 BC Silla is founded in southeastern Korea (traditional date according to Samguk Sagi, a 12th century AD historical document). Year 57 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther Silla (57 BC – 935 AD was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Samguk Sagi ( History of the Three Kingdoms) is a historical record of the Three Kingdoms of Korea: Goguryeo, Baekje and
- 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. Year 53 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Marcus Valerius Messalla and Parthia ( Middle Persian: اشکانیان Ashkâniân) was an Iranian civilization situated in the northeastern part of modern Iran The Roman Republic was the phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by a Republican form of government a period which began with the overthrow of the Marcus Licinius Crassus ( Latin: M·LICINIVS·P·F·P·N·CRASSVS (ca The Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC was a decisive victory for the Parthian Spahbod Surena over the Roman general Crassus near Year 49 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Rubicon ( Rubicō, Italian: Rubicone) is a 29 km long River in northern Italy. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Year 44 BC was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Year 37 BC was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Goguryeo or Koguryo was an ancient Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean peninsula, southern Manchuria, and Manchuria ( Romanized Manchu: Manju,, Маньчжурия Mongolian: Манж is a historical name given to a vast geographic region in northeast Year 31 BC was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. List of Civil wars involving Rome. There were several Roman civil wars, especially during the time of the late Republic. The Battle of Actium was the decisive engagement in the Final War of the Roman Republic between the forces of Octavian and the combined forces of Mark Antony Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Augustus ( Latin: IMPERATOR·CAESAR·DIVI·FILIVS·AVGVSTVS September 23 63 BC – August 19 AD 14) born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, was Marcus Antonius (in Latin: M·ANTONIVS·M·F·M·N ( c January 14 83 BC&ndash August 1, 30 BC known in English as Mark Cleopatra VII Philopator (in Greek, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ; January 69 BC &ndash 30 BC was a Hellenistic ruler of Egypt
- 27 BC The Roman Senate votes Octavian the title of Augustus. Year 27 BC was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Augustus ( Latin: IMPERATOR·CAESAR·DIVI·FILIVS·AVGVSTVS September 23 63 BC – August 19 AD 14) born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, was Augustus eventually assumes all authority formerly held by the Roman senate becoming the first emperor. The Roman state is henceforth known as the Roman Empire, and the period from 27 BC to AD 305 as the Principate. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial Events By Place Roman Empire May 1 — Diocletian and Maximian, Emperors of Rome retire from office The Principate is the first period of the Roman Empire, extending from the beginning of the reign of Caesar Augustus to the Crisis of the Third Century,
- 18 BC Baekje is founded in midwestern Korea (traditional date according to Samguk Sagi)
- c. Year 18 BC was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Baekje (18 BCE – 660 CE or Paekche, was a kingdom located in southwest Korea Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. 6 to 4 BC 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.
Year 6 BC was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Year 4 BC was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) Introduction The chronology of Jesus is linked to a number of Jewish festivals One of several political conflicts in the
Roman Republic during this century
An ancient stone tablet depicting Cleopatra VII and
Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar,
Alexandria, Egypt.
The Roman Republic was the phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by a Republican form of government a period which began with the overthrow of the Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar, nicknamed Caesarion (little Caesar Greek: Πτολεμαῖος ΙΕʹ Φιλοπάτωρ Φιλομήτωρ Καῖσαρ Alexandria ( Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه Eskendereyya; Standard Arabic: ar الإسكندرية Al-Iskandariyya; Ἀλεξάνδρεια These two rulers were the last
Pharaohs
- 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
- Jing Fang, Chinese mathematician and music theorist
- 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
- Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Roman writer, architect and engineer
- Sextus Pompeius, Roman general
- Ptolemy XIII of Egypt, drowned in Nile
- Ovid, Roman poet
- Virgil, Roman poet
- Spartacus, gladiator
- Sima Qian, Chinese historian, father of Chinese historiography
- 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
- The Chinese Ji Jiu Pian dictionary published in 40 BC during the Han Dynasty is the earliest known reference to the hydraulic-powered trip hammer device. Pharaoh is the title given in modern parlance to the ancient Egyptian kings of all periods Burebista, is widely considered to be the greatest king of Dacia. Lucius Sergius Catilina (108 BC–62 BC known in English as Catiline, was a Roman Politician of the 1st century BC who is best known for the Augustus ( Latin: IMPERATOR·CAESAR·DIVI·FILIVS·AVGVSTVS September 23 63 BC – August 19 AD 14) born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, was The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC Marcus Tullius Cicero ( Classical Latin ˈkikeroː usually ˈsɪsərəʊ in English January 3, 106 BC &ndash December 7, 43 BC was a Roman Cleopatra VII Philopator (in Greek, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ; January 69 BC &ndash 30 BC was a Hellenistic ruler of Egypt Herod (הוֹרְדוֹס Horodos, Greek: Herōdes) also known as Herod I or Herod the Great (73 BC – 4 BC in Jericho Hillel (הלל (born Babylon traditionally c110BCE-10CE in Jerusalem) was a famous Jewish religious leader one of the most important figures in Jewish Quintus Horatius Flaccus, ( Venosa, December 8, 65 BC - Rome, November 27, 8 BC known in the English-speaking world as Horace Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) Jing Fang ( 78&ndash37 BC born Li Fang (李房 Courtesy name Junming (君明 was a Chinese music theorist, Mathematician Titus Livius (traditionally 59 BC &ndash AD 17 known as Livy in English, was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome Titus Lucretius Carus (ca 99 BC- ca 55 BC was a Roman Poet and Philosopher. Marcus Antonius (in Latin: M·ANTONIVS·M·F·M·N ( c January 14 83 BC&ndash August 1, 30 BC known in English as Mark Marcus Junius Brutus (85&ndash42 BC or Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus was a Roman senator of the late Roman Republic. Agrippa redirects here For other uses of the name see Agrippa (disambiguation. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (born c 80–70 BC died after c 15 BC was a Roman Writer, Architect and Engineer (possibly praefectus fabrum An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction An engineer is a person professionally engaged in a field of Engineering. Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator ( Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Θεός Φιλοπάτωρ, Ptolemaĩos Theós Philopátōr, lived 62 BC/61 BC– Publius Ovidius Naso ( March 20, 43 BC – 17 AD was a Roman poet known to the English -speaking world as Ovid who wrote on many topics including Publius Vergilius Maro ( October 15, 70 BCE &ndash September 21, 19 BCE later called Virgilius, and known in English as Virgil or Spartacus (c 109 BC-71 BC according to Roman historians was a Slave who became the leader (or possibly one of several leaders in the unsuccessful slave Early life and education Sima Qian was born and grew up in Longmen, near present-day Hancheng Shaanxi. Chinese Historiography refers to the study of methods and assumptions made in studying Chinese history. This article is about a king of Armenia in the 1st century BCE. The Kingdom of Armenia (or Greater Armenia) was an independent kingdom from 190 BC to AD 387 and a client state of the Roman and Persian empires until A sunspot is a region on the Sun 's surface ( Photosphere) that is marked by intense magnetic activity which inhibits Convection, forming The Antikythera mechanism (ˌæntɪkɪˈθɪərə an-ti-ki- theer -uh is an ancient mechanical Calculator (also described as the first known " mechanical A dome is a common structural element of Architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a Sphere. Glassblowing is a glassforming technique that involves inflating the molten glass into a bubble or parison with the aid of the blowpipe or blow tube History of Bahrein, AND COMPARE THE TRUE IMPORTANCE OF THE TWO STATES Year 40 BC was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. The Han Dynasty ( 206 BC–220 AD followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. For the mechanical technology see Hydraulic machinery and Hydraulic cylinder Hydraulics is a topic of science and Engineering A trip hammer (alt helve hammer) is a massive powered Hammer, usually raised by a Cam and then released to fall under the force of gravity.
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