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Events

By place

Roman Empire

* Tiberius, under order of Augustus, quelled revolts in Germany (1 - 5)
* Gaius Caesar and Lucius Aemilius Paullus are appointed as consuls.
* Lions became extinct in Western Europe.
* Construction of the Aqua Alsienta aqueduct.
* Silk appears in Rome The Silkroad Foundation's silk road chronology.

Asia

* Start of the Yuanshi era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
* Confucius is given his first royal title (posthumous name) of Lord Baochengxun Ni.
* Emperor Ping of Han China's reign begins.

Africa

* Axum (Ethiopia) is founded (approximate date).

Americas

* Moxos ceases to be a significant religious area in South America (approximate date).

By topic

Arts and Sciences

* The poem Metamorphoses is written by Ovid.

Religion

*Jesus' birth, according to the Anno Domini era created by Dionysius Exiguus in 525 as argued by one scholar, Georges Declercq, in Anno Domini (2000). Most scholars argue that Dionysius placed the birth of Jesus in 1 BC.
* The first full year in the life of Jesus as assigned by Dionysius Exiguus in his Anno Domini era.
* Buddhism is introduced into China.

Births

*Lucius Annaeus Gallio, Roman proconsul (d. 65)

Deaths

*Zhao Feiyan, empress of Emperor Cheng of Han, forced to commit suicide (b. unknown)

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