1st century BC
(2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century - other centuries)
The 1st century BC starts on January 1, 100 BC and ends on December 31, 1 BC. An alternative name for this century is the last century BC. This AD/BC notation does not use a year zero. Scientific notation does, however, and uses a minus sign, so '2 BC' is equal to 'year -1'.
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium)
* 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
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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*
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.
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18 BC Baekje is founded in midwestern
Korea (traditional date according to
Samguk Sagi)
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Caesar Augustus,
Roman emperor*
Cicero, Roman politician and writer
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Cleopatra VII of Egypt, Egyptian ruler
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Horace, Roman poet
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Julius Caesar, Roman politician
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Livy, Roman historian
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Lucretius, Roman philosopher
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Marcus Antonius, Roman politician
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Marcus Junius Brutus, Caesar's adopted son, supposedly killed him
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Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Roman statesman and general
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Ptolemy XIII of Egypt, drowned in Nile
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Ovid, Roman poet
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Virgil, Roman poet
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Spartacus, gladiator
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Tigranes the Great, king of
Armenia*
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