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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#20s_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8</span> <span>20s BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-20s_BC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-10s_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#10s_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9</span> <span>10s BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-10s_BC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-0s_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#0s_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10</span> <span>0s BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-0s_BC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Significant_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Significant_people"> <div 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Jahrhundert v. Chr. – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="1. Jahrhundert v. Chr." data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%86_1_%D9%82_%D9%85" title="القرن 1 ق م – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="القرن 1 ق م" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieglo_I_aC" title="Sieglo I aC – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Sieglo I aC" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieglu_I_e.C." title="Sieglu I e.C. – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Sieglu I e.C." data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.%C9%99._I_%C9%99sr" title="E.ə. I əsr – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="E.ə. I əsr" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abad_ka-1_SM" title="Abad ka-1 SM – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Abad ka-1 SM" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abad_kaping-1_SM" title="Abad kaping-1 SM – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="Abad kaping-1 SM" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5_%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%BD.%D1%8D." title="I стагоддзе да н.э. – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="I стагоддзе да н.э." data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5_%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%BD._%D1%8D." title="I стагодзьдзе да н. э. – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="I стагодзьдзе да н. э." data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA_%D0%BF%D1%80.%D0%BD.%D0%B5." title="1 век пр.н.е. – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="1 век пр.н.е." data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/1._vijek_p._n._e." title="1. vijek p. n. e. – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="1. vijek p. n. e." data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C3%B1_kantved_kt_JK" title="Iañ kantved kt JK – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Iañ kantved kt JK" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segle_I_aC" title="Segle I aC – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Segle I aC" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%80%C4%95%D0%BD_%D1%8D%D1%80%C4%83%D1%87%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD_I_%C4%95%D0%BC%C4%95%D1%80" title="Пирĕн эрăччен I ĕмĕр – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Пирĕн эрăччен I ĕмĕр" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/1._stolet%C3%AD_p%C5%99._n._l." title="1. století př. n. l. – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="1. století př. n. l." data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_ganrif_1af_CC" title="Y ganrif 1af CC – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Y ganrif 1af CC" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/1._%C3%A5rhundrede_f.Kr." title="1. århundrede f.Kr. – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="1. århundrede f.Kr." data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/1._Jahrhundert_v._Chr." title="1. Jahrhundert v. Chr. – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="1. Jahrhundert v. Chr." data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/1._sajand_eKr" title="1. sajand eKr – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="1. sajand eKr" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%82_%CF%80.%CE%A7." title="1ος αιώνας π.Χ. – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="1ος αιώνας π.Χ." data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5_%D0%BC._%D0%BF._%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5" title="I пинге м. п. икеле – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="I пинге м. п. икеле" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siglo_I_a._C." title="Siglo I a. C. – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Siglo I a. C." data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-a_jarcento_a.K." title="1-a jarcento a.K. – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="1-a jarcento a.K." data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigru_I_e.C." title="Sigru I e.C. – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Sigru I e.C." data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.a._I._mendea" title="K.a. I. mendea – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="K.a. I. mendea" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AF%D9%87_%DB%B1_(%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B4_%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF)" title="سده ۱ (پیش از میلاد) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سده ۱ (پیش از میلاد)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1._%C3%B8ld_f.Kr." title="1. øld f.Kr. – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="1. øld f.Kr." data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ier_si%C3%A8cle_av._J.-C." title="Ier siècle av. J.-C. – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ier siècle av. J.-C." data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/1e_iuw_f.Kr." title="1e iuw f.Kr. – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="1e iuw f.Kr." data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%C3%BA_haois_RC" title="1ú haois RC – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="1ú haois RC" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/1ad_linn_RC" title="1ad linn RC – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="1ad linn RC" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9culo_-I" title="Século -I – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Século -I" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B8%B0%EC%9B%90%EC%A0%84_1%EC%84%B8%EA%B8%B0" title="기원전 1세기 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="기원전 1세기" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84.%D5%A9.%D5%A1._1-%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%A4%D5%A1%D6%80" title="Մ.թ.ա. 1-ին դար – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մ.թ.ա. 1-ին դար" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1._stolje%C4%87e_pr._Kr." title="1. stoljeće pr. Kr. – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="1. stoljeće pr. Kr." data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/1ma_yarcento_aK" title="1ma yarcento aK – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="1ma yarcento aK" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abad_ke-1_SM" title="Abad ke-1 SM – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Abad ke-1 SM" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/1._%C3%B6ldin_f.Kr." title="1. öldin f.Kr. – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="1. öldin f.Kr." data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_secolo_a.C." title="I secolo a.C. – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="I secolo a.C." data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%94_%D7%94-1_%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%94%22%D7%A1" title="המאה ה-1 לפנה"ס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="המאה ה-1 לפנה"ס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF.%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%82._%E0%B3%A7%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%87_%E0%B2%B6%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A8" title="ಕ್ರಿ.ಪೂ. ೧ನೇ ಶತಮಾನ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಕ್ರಿ.ಪೂ. ೧ನೇ ಶತಮಾನ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AB%E1%83%95._%E1%83%AC._I_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A3%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94" title="ძვ. წ. I საუკუნე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ძვ. წ. I საუკუნე" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karne_ya_1_KK" title="Karne ya 1 KK – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Karne ya 1 KK" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ie_sy%C3%A8k_av._J.-K." title="Ie syèk av. J.-K. – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Ie syèk av. J.-K." data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedsala_1%C3%AA_b.z." title="Sedsala 1ê b.z. – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Sedsala 1ê b.z." data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeculum_1_a.C.n." title="Saeculum 1 a.C.n. – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Saeculum 1 a.C.n." data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1._gadsimts_p.m.%C4%93." title="1. gadsimts p.m.ē. – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="1. gadsimts p.m.ē." data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1._Joerhonnert_v._Chr." title="1. Joerhonnert v. Chr. – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="1. Joerhonnert v. Chr." data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_am%C5%BEius_pr._m._e." title="I amžius pr. m. e. – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="I amžius pr. m. e." data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_secolo_a.C." title="I secolo a.C. – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="I secolo a.C." data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ierste_iew_veur_Christus" title="Ierste iew veur Christus – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Ierste iew veur Christus" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentenio_1_aec" title="Sentenio 1 aec – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Sentenio 1 aec" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._e._1._sz%C3%A1zad" title="I. e. 1. század – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="I. e. 1. század" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA_%D0%BF.%D0%BD.%D0%B5." title="1 век п.н.е. – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="1 век п.н.е." data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF.%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%81_1-%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%82_%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D" title="ക്രി.മു 1-ആം നൂറ്റാണ്ട് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ക്രി.മു 1-ആം നൂറ്റാണ്ട്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87.%E0%A4%B8.%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%82.%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87_%E0%A5%A7_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95" title="इ.स.पू.चे १ ले शतक – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="इ.स.पू.चे १ ले शतक" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AF%E1%83%95._%E1%83%AC._I_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A8%E1%83%AC%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90" title="ჯვ. წ. I ოშწანურა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ჯვ. წ. I ოშწანურა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%86_1_%D9%82_%D9%85" title="القرن 1 ق م – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="القرن 1 ق م" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abad_pertama_SM" title="Abad pertama SM – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Abad pertama SM" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abaik_ka-1_SM" title="Abaik ka-1 SM – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Abaik ka-1 SM" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1e_eeuw_v.Chr." title="1e eeuw v.Chr. – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="1e eeuw v.Chr." data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1e_eeuw_v._Chr." title="1e eeuw v. Chr. – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="1e eeuw v. Chr." data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B4%80%E5%85%83%E5%89%8D1%E4%B8%96%E7%B4%80" title="紀元前1世紀 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="紀元前1世紀" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_seculo_AC" title="I seculo AC – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="I seculo AC" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1._juarhunert_f.Kr." title="1. juarhunert f.Kr. – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="1. juarhunert f.Kr." data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/1._%C3%A5rhundre_f.Kr." title="1. århundre f.Kr. – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="1. århundre f.Kr." data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1._hundre%C3%A5ret_fvt." title="1. hundreåret fvt. – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="1. hundreåret fvt." data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/-Ie_s." title="-Ie s. – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="-Ie s." data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A8gle_I_abC" title="Sègle I abC – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Sègle I abC" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C._%D1%8D._%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%87_%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%87%D1%8B%D1%87%D1%81%D0%BE_I_%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC" title="М. э. деч ончычсо I курым – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="М. э. деч ончычсо I курым" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil._av._I_asr" title="Mil. av. I asr – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Mil. av. I asr" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%81%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%B5%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D9%82_%D9%85" title="پہلی صدی ق م – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="پہلی صدی ق م" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/1._Johrhunnert_v._Chr." title="1. Johrhunnert v. Chr. – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="1. Johrhunnert v. Chr." data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_wiek_p.n.e." title="I wiek p.n.e. – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="I wiek p.n.e." data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9culo_I_a.C." title="Século I a.C. – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Século I a.C." data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secolul_I_%C3%AE.Hr." title="Secolul I î.Hr. – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Secolul I î.Hr." data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_%C3%B1iqin_pachakwata_k%C3%B1" title="1 ñiqin pachakwata kñ – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="1 ñiqin pachakwata kñ" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%BD._%D0%B5." title="I. стороча до н. е. – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="I. стороча до н. е." data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA_%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%BD._%D1%8D." title="I век до н. э. – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="I век до н. э." data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91._%D1%8D._%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD._I_%D2%AF%D0%B9%D1%8D" title="Б. э. инн. I үйэ – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Б. э. инн. 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With the famous victory of <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(37_BC)" title="Siege of Jerusalem (37 BC)">Jerusalem</a> to the Roman jewish client king <a href="/wiki/Herod_the_Great" title="Herod the Great">Herod the Great</a>, Octavian's ascension to total power as the emperor Augustus is considered to mark the point in history where the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman Republic</a> ends and the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a> begins. 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Both Mary and Joseph had saved Jesus from the <a href="/wiki/Purge" title="Purge">purges</a> of Herod's Roman soldiers that used both <a href="/wiki/Political_violence" title="Political violence">political violence</a> and state terror. </p><p>In the eastern mainland, the <a href="/wiki/Han_dynasty" title="Han dynasty">Han dynasty</a> began to decline and the court of <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> was in chaos in the latter half of this century. Trapped in a difficult situation, the <a href="/wiki/Xiongnu" title="Xiongnu">Xiongnu</a> had to begin emigration to the west or attach themselves to the Han. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_century_BC&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="90s_BC">90s BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_century_BC&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 90s BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/90s_BC" title="90s BC">90s BC</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sulla_Glyptothek_Munich_309.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Sulla_Glyptothek_Munich_309.jpg/170px-Sulla_Glyptothek_Munich_309.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Sulla_Glyptothek_Munich_309.jpg/255px-Sulla_Glyptothek_Munich_309.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Sulla_Glyptothek_Munich_309.jpg/340px-Sulla_Glyptothek_Munich_309.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1645" data-file-height="2508" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sulla" title="Sulla">Sulla</a>'s march on Rome in <a href="/wiki/88_BC" title="88 BC">88 BC</a> was an early step in the <a href="/wiki/Crisis_of_the_Roman_Republic" title="Crisis of the Roman Republic">Crisis of the Roman Republic</a>.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/97_BC" title="97 BC">97 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ariarathes_VIII" class="mw-redirect" title="Ariarathes VIII">Ariarathes VIII</a> is forced out of <a href="/wiki/Cappadocia" title="Cappadocia">Cappadocia</a> by <a href="/wiki/Mithridates_VI_of_Pontus" class="mw-redirect" title="Mithridates VI of Pontus">Mithridates VI of Pontus</a>, and dies soon afterwards.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/96_BC" title="96 BC">96 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cyrenaica" title="Cyrenaica">Cyrene</a> is left to the people of <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Rome</a> by its ruler <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_Apion" title="Ptolemy Apion">Ptolemy Apion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/96_BC" title="96 BC">96 BC</a>: King <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Jannaeus" title="Alexander Jannaeus">Alexander Jannaeus</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hasmonean_dynasty" title="Hasmonean dynasty">Judea</a> wins the Siege of Gaza.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/95_BC" title="95 BC">95 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Tigranes_the_Great" title="Tigranes the Great">Tigranes the Great</a> becomes king of <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/93_BC" title="93 BC">93 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ariobarzanes_I_of_Cappadocia" title="Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia">Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios</a> becomes king of <a href="/wiki/Cappadocia" title="Cappadocia">Cappadocia</a> with Roman backing.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/91_BC" title="91 BC">91 BC</a>: The assassination of <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Livius_Drusus_(reformer)" title="Marcus Livius Drusus (reformer)">Marcus Livius Drusus</a> leads to the <a href="/wiki/Social_War_(91%E2%80%9387_BC)" title="Social War (91–87 BC)">Social War (91–87 BC)</a> in <a href="/wiki/Roman_Italy" title="Roman Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/91_BC" title="91 BC">91 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Liu_Ju#Forced_into_rebellion" title="Liu Ju">Crown Prince Ju Revolt</a> in <a href="/wiki/Han_dynasty" title="Han dynasty">China</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="80s_BC">80s BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_century_BC&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 80s BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/80s_BC" title="80s BC">80s BC</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mithridates_VI_Louvre.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Mithridates_VI_Louvre.jpg/170px-Mithridates_VI_Louvre.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Mithridates_VI_Louvre.jpg/255px-Mithridates_VI_Louvre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Mithridates_VI_Louvre.jpg/340px-Mithridates_VI_Louvre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1944" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mithridates_VI_of_Pontus" class="mw-redirect" title="Mithridates VI of Pontus">Mithridates VI of Pontus</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MauesBuddhaCoin.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/MauesBuddhaCoin.JPG/170px-MauesBuddhaCoin.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/MauesBuddhaCoin.JPG/255px-MauesBuddhaCoin.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/MauesBuddhaCoin.JPG/340px-MauesBuddhaCoin.JPG 2x" data-file-width="787" data-file-height="443" /></a><figcaption>Coin of <a href="/wiki/Maues" title="Maues">Maues</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/89_BC" title="89 BC">89 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mithridates_VI_of_Pontus" class="mw-redirect" title="Mithridates VI of Pontus">Mithridates VI of Pontus</a>'s invasion of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Cappadocia" title="Kingdom of Cappadocia">Cappadocia</a> leads to the <a href="/wiki/First_Mithridatic_War" title="First Mithridatic War">First Mithridatic War</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman Republic</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/89_BC" title="89 BC">89 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Valagamba" title="Valagamba">Valagamba</a> of <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura" title="Anuradhapura">Anuradhapura</a> gains control of all of <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/88_BC" title="88 BC">88 BC</a>: 80,000 Roman civilians killed in the <a href="/wiki/Asiatic_Vespers" title="Asiatic Vespers">Asiatic Vespers</a> in <a href="/wiki/Asia_Minor" class="mw-redirect" title="Asia Minor">Asia Minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/87_BC" title="87 BC">87 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Wu_of_Han" title="Emperor Wu of Han">Emperor Wu of Han</a> dies and is succeeded by his eight-year-old son <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Zhao_of_Han" title="Emperor Zhao of Han">Zhao</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Jin_Midi" title="Jin Midi">Jin Midi</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shangguang_Jie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shangguang Jie (page does not exist)">Shangguang Jie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Huo_Guang" title="Huo Guang">Huo Guang</a> as regents.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/88_BC" title="88 BC">88 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Cornelius_Sulla" class="mw-redirect" title="Lucius Cornelius Sulla">Sulla</a> becomes the first Roman general in history to march on Rome<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/87_BC" title="87 BC">87 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bellum_Octavianum" title="Bellum Octavianum">Civil war</a> between the Roman consuls <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Cornelius_Cinna" title="Lucius Cornelius Cinna">Cornelius Cinna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gnaeus_Octavius_(consul_87_BC)" title="Gnaeus Octavius (consul 87 BC)">Octavius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/86_BC" title="86 BC">86 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Athens_and_Piraeus_(87%E2%80%9386_BC)" title="Siege of Athens and Piraeus (87–86 BC)">Siege of Athens</a> ends with Roman conquest of <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/86_BC" title="86 BC">86 BC</a>: the death of the regent of <a href="/wiki/Han_dynasty" title="Han dynasty">China</a> <a href="/wiki/Jin_Midi" title="Jin Midi">Jin Midi</a> unleashes the rivalry of his co-regents <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shangguang_Jie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shangguang Jie (page does not exist)">Shangguang Jie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Huo_Guang" title="Huo Guang">Huo Guang</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/85_BC" title="85 BC">85 BC</a>: Sulla defeats the forces of <a href="/wiki/Mithridates_VI_Eupator" title="Mithridates VI Eupator">Mithridates VI</a> in Greece at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Orchomenus" title="Battle of Orchomenus">Battle of Orchomenus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85_BC" title="85 BC">85 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Aretas_III" title="Aretas III">Aretas III</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Nabataeans" title="Nabataeans">Nabataeans</a> conquers <a href="/wiki/Damascus" title="Damascus">Damascus</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/83_BC" title="83 BC">83 BC</a>: Sulla makes peace with Mithridates VI and <a href="/wiki/Sulla%27s_civil_war" title="Sulla's civil war">marches on Rome</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/83_BC" title="83 BC">83</a>-<a href="/wiki/81_BC" title="81 BC">81 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Licinius_Murena_(triumphator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lucius Licinius Murena (triumphator)">Lucius Licinius Murena</a> wages the <a href="/wiki/Second_Mithridatic_War" title="Second Mithridatic War">Second Mithridatic War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/82_BC" title="82 BC">82 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Quintus_Sertorius" title="Quintus Sertorius">Sertorius</a> flees from Sulla to North Africa via <a href="/wiki/Hispania" title="Hispania">Hispania</a></li> <li>c.<a href="/wiki/83_BC" title="83 BC">83 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Tigranes_the_Great" title="Tigranes the Great">Tigranes</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Armenia_(antiquity)" title="Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)">Armenia</a> takes control of <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> after the implosion of the <a href="/wiki/Seleucid_dynasty" title="Seleucid dynasty">Seleucid dynasty</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/81_BC" title="81 BC">81 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sulla" title="Sulla">Sulla</a> is appointed <a href="/wiki/Roman_dictator" title="Roman dictator">dictator</a> of the Roman state, and brings about <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_reforms_of_Sulla" title="Constitutional reforms of Sulla">major reforms</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/80_BC" title="80 BC">80 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Quintus_Sertorius" title="Quintus Sertorius">Sertorius</a> invades <a href="/wiki/Hispania" title="Hispania">Hispania</a> and sets up his own regime, beginning the <a href="/wiki/Sertorian_War" title="Sertorian War">Sertorian War</a> (80-72).<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/80_BC" title="80 BC">80 BC</a>: conflict between the regents <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shangguang_Jie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shangguang Jie (page does not exist)">Shangguang Jie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Huo_Guang" title="Huo Guang">Huo Guang</a> results in the destruction of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shangguang&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shangguang (page does not exist)">Shangguang</a> clan and <a href="/wiki/Huo_Guang" title="Huo Guang">Huo Guang</a> becoming the <i>de facto</i> ruler of <a href="/wiki/Han_dynasty" title="Han dynasty">China</a>.</li> <li>c.<a href="/wiki/80_BC" title="80 BC">80 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Maues" title="Maues">Maues</a>, King of the <a href="/wiki/Sakas" class="mw-redirect" title="Sakas">Sakas</a>, conquers <a href="/wiki/Gandhara" title="Gandhara">Gandhara</a> and <a href="/wiki/Taxila" title="Taxila">Taxila</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="70s_BC">70s BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_century_BC&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 70s BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/70s_BC" title="70s BC">70s BC</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Huo_guang.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Huo_guang.jpg/170px-Huo_guang.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Huo_guang.jpg/255px-Huo_guang.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Huo_guang.jpg/340px-Huo_guang.jpg 2x" data-file-width="670" data-file-height="1120" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Huo_Guang" title="Huo Guang">Huo Guang</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tigran_Mets.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Tigran_Mets.jpg/170px-Tigran_Mets.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Tigran_Mets.jpg/255px-Tigran_Mets.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Tigran_Mets.jpg/340px-Tigran_Mets.jpg 2x" data-file-width="595" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Tigranes_the_Great" title="Tigranes the Great">Tigranes the Great</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/77_BC" title="77 BC">77 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fu_Jiezi" title="Fu Jiezi">Fu Jiezi</a> assassinated the king of <a href="/wiki/Loulan_Kingdom" title="Loulan Kingdom">Loulan</a> on behalf of the <a href="/wiki/Han_dynasty" title="Han dynasty">Han dynasty</a>.</li> <li>c.<a href="/wiki/75_BC" title="75 BC">75 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kanva_dynasty" title="Kanva dynasty">Kanva dynasty</a> replaces the <a href="/wiki/Shunga_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Shunga dynasty">Shunga dynasty</a> in <a href="/wiki/Magadha_(Mahajanapada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Magadha (Mahajanapada)">Magadha</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/74_BC" title="74 BC">74 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mithridates_VI_of_Pontus" class="mw-redirect" title="Mithridates VI of Pontus">Mithridates VI of Pontus</a> disputes <a href="/wiki/Nicomedes_IV_of_Bithynia" title="Nicomedes IV of Bithynia">Nicomedes IV of Bithynia</a>'s bequest of his kingdom to the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman Republic</a>, beginning the <a href="/wiki/Third_Mithridatic_War" title="Third Mithridatic War">Third Mithridatic War</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/74_BC" title="74 BC">74 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Zhao_of_Han" title="Emperor Zhao of Han">Emperor Zhao of Han</a> dies and is succeeded by the unsuitable <a href="/wiki/Prince_He_of_Changyi" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince He of Changyi">Prince He of Changyi</a> and then by <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Xuan_of_Han" title="Emperor Xuan of Han">Xuan</a>. <a href="/wiki/Huo_Guang" title="Huo Guang">Huo Guang</a> continues to be <i>de facto</i> ruler of <a href="/wiki/Han_dynasty" title="Han dynasty">China</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/73_BC" title="73 BC">73 BC</a>: a slave rebellion led by the escaped gladiator <a href="/wiki/Spartacus" title="Spartacus">Spartacus</a> leads to the <a href="/wiki/Third_Servile_War" title="Third Servile War">Third Servile War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/73_BC" title="73 BC">73</a>-<a href="/wiki/72_BC" title="72 BC">72 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Licinius_Lucullus_(consul_74_BC)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lucius Licinius Lucullus (consul 74 BC)">Lucullus</a> defeats Mithridates at <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tenedos" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Tenedos">Tenedos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Cyzicus" title="Siege of Cyzicus">Cyzicus</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Rhyndacus_(72_BC)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of the Rhyndacus (72 BC)">Rhyndacus</a> and he flees east to <a href="/wiki/Artaxiad_dynasty" title="Artaxiad dynasty">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71_BC" title="71 BC">71 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pompey_the_Great" class="mw-redirect" title="Pompey the Great">Pompey the Great</a> ends the <a href="/wiki/Sertorian_War" title="Sertorian War">Sertorian War</a> (restoring Roman control of <a href="/wiki/Hispania" title="Hispania">Hispania</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/Third_Servile_War" title="Third Servile War">Third Servile War</a> (restoring Roman control of southern Italy).<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71_BC" title="71 BC">71 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wusun" title="Wusun">Wusun</a> and <a href="/wiki/Han_dynasty" title="Han dynasty">China</a> attack the <a href="/wiki/Xiongnu" title="Xiongnu">Xiongnu</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="60s_BC">60s BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_century_BC&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 60s BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/60s_BC" title="60s BC">60s BC</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/69_BC" title="69 BC">69 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Lucullus" title="Lucullus">Lucullus</a> invades <a href="/wiki/Artaxiad_dynasty" title="Artaxiad dynasty">Armenia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tigranocerta" title="Battle of Tigranocerta">Battle of Tigranocerta</a>) and reestablishes the <a href="/wiki/Seleucids" class="mw-redirect" title="Seleucids">Seleucids</a> in Syria.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/68_BC" title="68 BC">68 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pompey" title="Pompey">Pompey</a> replaces <a href="/wiki/Lucullus" title="Lucullus">Lucullus</a> as leader of the Roman forces in the <a href="/wiki/Third_Mithridatic_War" title="Third Mithridatic War">Third Mithridatic War</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/68_BC" title="68 BC">68 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Huo_Guang" title="Huo Guang">Huo Guang</a> dies and <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Xuan_of_Han" title="Emperor Xuan of Han">Emperor Xuan of Han</a> assumes full power. The Huo clan is eliminated over the following two years.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/67_BC" title="67 BC">67 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pompey" title="Pompey">Pompey</a> is given a three-year <a href="/wiki/Lex_Gabinia" class="mw-redirect" title="Lex Gabinia">extraordinary command</a> against the pirates plaguing the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a> and defeats them in forty days.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/66_BC" title="66 BC">66 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pompey" title="Pompey">Pompey</a> drives <a href="/wiki/Mithridates_VI" class="mw-redirect" title="Mithridates VI">Mithridates VI</a> out of Asia Minor (<a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Lycus" title="Battle of the Lycus">Battle of the Lycus</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/66_BC" title="66 BC">66 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Aristobulus_II" title="Aristobulus II">Aristobulus II</a> seizes power from <a href="/wiki/John_Hyrcanus_II" class="mw-redirect" title="John Hyrcanus II">John Hyrcanus II</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hasmonean_dynasty" title="Hasmonean dynasty">Judea</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/63_BC" title="63 BC">63 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mithridates_VI" class="mw-redirect" title="Mithridates VI">Mithridates VI</a> commits suicide, ending the <a href="/wiki/Third_Mithridatic_War" title="Third Mithridatic War">Third Mithridatic War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/63_BC" title="63 BC">63 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cicero" title="Cicero">Cicero</a> denounces and defeats the <a href="/wiki/Second_Catilinarian_Conspiracy" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Catilinarian Conspiracy">Catilinarian conspiracy</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/63_BC" title="63 BC">63 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pompey" title="Pompey">Pompey</a> captures <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>, and establishes Roman annexation of <a href="/wiki/Judea" title="Judea">Judea</a> as a client kingdom. He also permanently abolishes <a href="/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Syria</a>. <a href="/wiki/Aristobulus_II" title="Aristobulus II">Aristobulus II</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hasmonean_dynasty" title="Hasmonean dynasty">Judea</a> removed from power & <a href="/wiki/John_Hyrcanus_II" class="mw-redirect" title="John Hyrcanus II">John Hyrcanus II</a> restored as Roman vassal.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/62_BC" title="62 BC">62 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Nabataean_kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Nabataean kingdom">Nabataean kingdom</a> becomes a Roman vassal.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/61_BC" title="61 BC">61 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Orgetorix" title="Orgetorix">Orgetorix</a> and the Helvetii's attempt to migrate into southwestern France leads Julius Caesar to take military action, beginning the <a href="/wiki/Gallic_Wars" title="Gallic Wars">Gallic Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/60_BC" title="60 BC">60 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pompey" title="Pompey">Pompey</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Licinius_Crassus" title="Marcus Licinius Crassus">Crassus</a> form the <a href="/wiki/First_Triumvirate" title="First Triumvirate">First Triumvirate</a></li> <li>c. <a href="/wiki/60_BC" title="60 BC">60 BC</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Sakas" class="mw-redirect" title="Sakas">Sakas</a> conquer <a href="/wiki/Mathura" title="Mathura">Mathura</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="50s_BC">50s BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_century_BC&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 50s BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/50s_BC" title="50s BC">50s BC</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:World_in_50_BCE.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/World_in_50_BCE.PNG/400px-World_in_50_BCE.PNG" decoding="async" width="400" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/World_in_50_BCE.PNG/600px-World_in_50_BCE.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/World_in_50_BCE.PNG/800px-World_in_50_BCE.PNG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2036" /></a><figcaption>Map of the world in 50 BC</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/58_BC" title="58 BC">58 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bibracte" title="Battle of Bibracte">Battle of Bibracte</a> - <a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a> conquers the <a href="/wiki/Helvetii" title="Helvetii">Helvetii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/58_BC" title="58 BC">58 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Germanic_peoples" title="Germanic peoples">Germans</a> invade <a href="/wiki/Gaul" title="Gaul">Gaul</a> and are defeated by <a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a> at <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vosges_(58_BC)" title="Battle of Vosges (58 BC)">Battle of Vosges (58 BC)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/58_BC" title="58 BC">58 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Publius_Clodius_Pulcher" title="Publius Clodius Pulcher">Clodius</a> becomes the leading figure in Roman urban politics. <a href="/wiki/Cicero" title="Cicero">Cicero</a> goes into exile.<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/58_BC" title="58 BC">58 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Huhanye" title="Huhanye">Huhanye</a> rebels against his distant cousin <a href="/wiki/Woyanqudi" title="Woyanqudi">Woyanqudi</a> <a href="/wiki/Chanyu" title="Chanyu">Chanyu</a> of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Xiongyu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Xiongyu (page does not exist)">Xiongyu</a>, beginning the Xiongnu civil war.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/57_BC" title="57 BC">57 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a> invades and defeats the <a href="/wiki/Belgae" title="Belgae">Belgae</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Sabis" title="Battle of the Sabis">Battle of the Sabis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57_BC" title="57 BC">57 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cicero" title="Cicero">Cicero</a> recalled from exile through the machinations of <a href="/wiki/Titus_Annius_Milo" title="Titus Annius Milo">Milo</a> and his mob.<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57_BC" title="57 BC">57 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Silla" title="Silla">Silla</a> is founded in southeastern Korea (traditional date according to <i><a href="/wiki/Samguk_Sagi" class="mw-redirect" title="Samguk Sagi">Samguk Sagi</a></i>, a 12th-century historical document).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/56_BC" title="56 BC">56 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Vikramaditya" title="Vikramaditya">Vikramaditya</a> defeats the <a href="/wiki/Sakas" class="mw-redirect" title="Sakas">Sakas</a> at <a href="/wiki/Ujjain" title="Ujjain">Ujjain</a> and founds the <a href="/wiki/Vikram_Samvat" title="Vikram Samvat">Vikram Samvat</a> calendar era.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/55_BC" title="55 BC">55</a>-<a href="/wiki/54_BC" title="54 BC">54 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Caesar%27s_invasions_of_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Caesar's invasions of Britain">Caesar's invasions of Britain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54_BC" title="54 BC">54</a>-<a href="/wiki/53_BC" title="53 BC">53 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ambiorix%27s_revolt" title="Ambiorix's revolt">Ambiorix's revolt</a> against <a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gaul" title="Gaul">Gaul</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/53_BC" title="53 BC">53 BC</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Parthia" title="Parthia">Parthians</a> defeat the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Romans</a> under <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Licinius_Crassus" title="Marcus Licinius Crassus">Crassus</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Carrhae" title="Battle of Carrhae">Battle of Carrhae</a>, ending the <a href="/wiki/First_Triumvirate" title="First Triumvirate">First Triumvirate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53_BC" title="53 BC">53 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Publius_Clodius_Pulcher" title="Publius Clodius Pulcher">Clodius</a> dies during mob violence in <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>. His followers burn down the <a href="/wiki/Curia_Hostilia" title="Curia Hostilia">Senate house</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/53_BC" title="53 BC">53 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Huhanye" title="Huhanye">Huhanye</a> <a href="/wiki/Chanyu" title="Chanyu">Chanyu</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Xiongnu" title="Xiongnu">Xiongnu</a> become a <a href="/wiki/Han_dynasty" title="Han dynasty">Chinese</a> vassal.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/52_BC" title="52 BC">52 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pompey" title="Pompey">Pompey</a> joins the <a href="/wiki/Optimates" class="mw-redirect" title="Optimates">Optimates</a> and becomes sole <a href="/wiki/Roman_consul" title="Roman consul">Consul</a> in Rome.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/52_BC" title="52 BC">52 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Vercingetorix" title="Vercingetorix">Vercingetorix</a>'s revolt in <a href="/wiki/Gaul" title="Gaul">Gaul</a> (<a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gergovia" title="Battle of Gergovia">Battle of Gergovia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Alesia" title="Battle of Alesia">Battle of Alesia</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51_BC" title="51 BC">51 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Uxellodunum" title="Siege of Uxellodunum">Siege of Uxellodunum</a> marks the end of the <a href="/wiki/Gallic_Wars" title="Gallic Wars">Gallic Wars</a> and the final Roman conquest of <a href="/wiki/Gaul" title="Gaul">Gaul</a>.</li> <li>Mid 1st century BC – East <a href="/wiki/Torana" title="Torana">torana</a> of the Great Stupa at <a href="/wiki/Sanchi" title="Sanchi">Sanchi</a>, is made. Early Andhra period. According to an inscription, it is sculpted by ivory carvers from the nearby town of <a href="/wiki/Vidisha" title="Vidisha">Vidisha</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="40s_BC">40s BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_century_BC&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 40s BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/40s_BC" title="40s BC">40s BC</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Denderah3_Cleopatra_Cesarion.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Denderah3_Cleopatra_Cesarion.jpg/170px-Denderah3_Cleopatra_Cesarion.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="211" 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/></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Junius_Brutus" title="Marcus Junius Brutus">Marcus Junius Brutus</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/49_BC" title="49 BC">49 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a> crosses the <a href="/wiki/Rubicon" title="Rubicon">Rubicon</a> river and takes the city of Rome, beginning <a href="/wiki/Caesar%27s_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Caesar's Civil War">Caesar's Civil War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48_BC" title="48 BC">48 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_XIII" class="mw-redirect" title="Ptolemy XIII">Ptolemy XIII</a> deposes his co-regent <a href="/wiki/Cleopatra_VII" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleopatra VII">Cleopatra</a>, beginning the Ptolemaic civil war in <a href="/wiki/Ptolemaic_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Ptolemaic Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48_BC" title="48 BC">48 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Xuan_of_Han" title="Emperor Xuan of Han">Emperor Xuan of Han</a> dies and is succeeded by his son <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Yuan_of_Han" title="Emperor Yuan of Han">Yuan</a>. <a href="/wiki/Empress_Wang_Zhengjun" class="mw-redirect" title="Empress Wang Zhengjun">Wang Zhengjun</a> is made Empress, as a result of which her clan would eventually topple the <a href="/wiki/Han_dynasty" title="Han dynasty">Han dynasty</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/48_BC" title="48 BC">48 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a> decisively defeats <a href="/wiki/Pompey" title="Pompey">Pompey</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pharsalus" title="Battle of Pharsalus">Battle of Pharsalus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47_BC" title="47 BC">47 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cleopatra_VII" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleopatra VII">Cleopatra</a> restored to the <a href="/wiki/Ptolemaic_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Ptolemaic Egypt">Ptolemaic</a> throne after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Nile_(47_BC)" title="Battle of the Nile (47 BC)">Battle of the Nile (47 BC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47_BC" title="47 BC">47 BC</a>: year of six kings in <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura" title="Anuradhapura">Anuradhapura</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46_BC" title="46 BC">46 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a> takes control of <a href="/wiki/Africa_(Roman_province)" title="Africa (Roman province)">Africa</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Thapsus" title="Battle of Thapsus">Battle of Thapsus</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/46_BC" title="46 BC">46 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Han_dynasty" title="Han dynasty">China</a> abandons control of <a href="/wiki/Hainan" title="Hainan">Hainan</a> as a cost-cutting measure.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/45_BC" title="45 BC">45 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a> wins the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Munda" title="Battle of Munda">Battle of Munda</a>, regaining control of <a href="/wiki/Hispania" title="Hispania">Hispania</a> and ending the <a href="/wiki/Caesar%27s_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Caesar's Civil War">Roman Civil War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44_BC" title="44 BC">44 BC</a>: Julius Caesar named <i><a href="/wiki/Dictator_perpetuo" title="Dictator perpetuo">Dictator perpetuo</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44_BC" title="44 BC">44 BC</a>: Julius Caesar re-founds <a href="/wiki/Carthage" title="Carthage">Carthage</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Corinth" title="Ancient Corinth">Corinth</a> as Roman colonies.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/44_BC" title="44 BC">44 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar" title="Assassination of Julius Caesar">Assassination of Julius Caesar</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Ides_of_March" title="Ides of March">Ides of March</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43_BC" title="43 BC">43 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Octavian" class="mw-redirect" title="Octavian">Octavian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Antony" title="Mark Antony">Mark Antony</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Aemilius_Lepidus_(triumvir)" class="mw-redirect" title="Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir)">Lepidus</a> form the <a href="/wiki/Second_Triumvirate" title="Second Triumvirate">Second Triumvirate</a> and take control of <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/42_BC" title="42 BC">42 BC</a>: Second Triumvirate defeats Julius Caesar's assassins at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Philippi" title="Battle of Philippi">Battle of Philippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/41_BC" title="41 BC">41</a>-<a href="/wiki/40_BC" title="40 BC">40 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Antonius_(brother_of_Mark_Antony)" title="Lucius Antonius (brother of Mark Antony)">Lucius Antonius</a> and <a href="/wiki/Octavian" class="mw-redirect" title="Octavian">Octavian</a> fight the <a href="/wiki/Perusine_War" title="Perusine War">Perusine War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40_BC" title="40 BC">40 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pacorus_I_of_Parthia" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacorus I of Parthia">Pacorus I</a> conquers <a href="/wiki/Roman_Syria" title="Roman Syria">Roman Syria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="30s_BC">30s BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_century_BC&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 30s BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/30s_BC" title="30s BC">30s BC</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Augustus_Bevilacqua_Glyptothek_Munich_317.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Augustus_Bevilacqua_Glyptothek_Munich_317.jpg/170px-Augustus_Bevilacqua_Glyptothek_Munich_317.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="246" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Augustus_Bevilacqua_Glyptothek_Munich_317.jpg/255px-Augustus_Bevilacqua_Glyptothek_Munich_317.jpg 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Herod_the_Great" title="Herod the Great">Herod the Great</a> becomes king of <a href="/wiki/Herodian_kingdom" title="Herodian kingdom">Judea</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/37_BC" title="37 BC">37 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Antony" title="Mark Antony">Mark Antony</a> invades <a href="/wiki/Parthia" title="Parthia">Parthia</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/37_BC" title="37 BC">37 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Goguryeo" title="Goguryeo">Goguryeo</a> is founded in southern <a href="/wiki/Manchuria" title="Manchuria">Manchuria</a> (traditional date according to <i>Samguk Sagi</i>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/36_BC" title="36 BC">36 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Naulochus" title="Battle of Naulochus">Battle of Naulochus</a>: <a href="/wiki/Second_Triumvirate" title="Second Triumvirate">Second Triumvirate</a> gains control of <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a> from the rebel <a href="/wiki/Sextus_Pompey" title="Sextus Pompey">Sextus Pompey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36_BC" title="36 BC">36 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Zhizhi" title="Battle of Zhizhi">Battle of Zhizhi</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gan_Yanshou&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gan Yanshou (page does not exist)">Gan Yanshou</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chen_Tang_(general)" title="Chen Tang (general)">Chen Tang</a> launch an unauthorised expedition which prevents the <a href="/wiki/Xiongnu" title="Xiongnu">Xiongnu</a> from extending their power into <a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asia</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/34_BC" title="34 BC">34 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cleopatra_VII" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleopatra VII">Cleopatra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Antony" title="Mark Antony">Mark Antony</a> perform the <a href="/wiki/Donations_of_Alexandria" title="Donations of Alexandria">Donations of Alexandria</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/33_BC" title="33 BC">33 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Yuan_of_Han" title="Emperor Yuan of Han">Emperor Yuan of Han</a> dies and is succeeded by his son <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Cheng_of_Han" title="Emperor Cheng of Han">Cheng</a>. <a href="/wiki/Empress_Wang_Zhengjun" class="mw-redirect" title="Empress Wang Zhengjun">Empress Wang Zhengjun</a> becomes <a href="/wiki/Empress_Dowager" class="mw-redirect" title="Empress Dowager">Empress Dowager</a> and her brother is placed in command of the armed forces and administration.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/32_BC" title="32 BC">32 BC</a>: disagreements between <a href="/wiki/Octavian" class="mw-redirect" title="Octavian">Octavian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Antony" title="Mark Antony">Mark Antony</a> cause the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/Final_War_of_the_Roman_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Final War of the Roman Republic">Final War of the Roman Republic</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/31_BC" title="31 BC">31 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Actium" title="Battle of Actium">Battle of Actium</a>: <a href="/wiki/Augustus" title="Augustus">Octavian</a> defeats troops under <a href="/wiki/Mark_Antony" title="Mark Antony">Mark Antony</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cleopatra_VII_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleopatra VII of Egypt">Cleopatra</a>, becoming <i>de facto</i> ruler of the Roman empire.<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30_BC" title="30 BC">30 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Octavian" class="mw-redirect" title="Octavian">Octavian</a> annexes <a href="/wiki/Roman_Egypt" title="Roman Egypt">Egypt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>c.<a href="/wiki/30_BC" title="30 BC">30 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Satavahana_dynasty" title="Satavahana dynasty">Satavahana dynasty</a> replaces the <a href="/wiki/Kanva_dynasty" title="Kanva dynasty">Kanva dynasty</a> in <a href="/wiki/Magadha_(Mahajanapada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Magadha (Mahajanapada)">Magadha</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20s_BC">20s BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_century_BC&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 20s BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/20s_BC" title="20s BC">20s BC</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Livia_Drusilla_Louvre_Ma1233.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Livia_Drusilla_Louvre_Ma1233.jpg/170px-Livia_Drusilla_Louvre_Ma1233.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Livia_Drusilla_Louvre_Ma1233.jpg/255px-Livia_Drusilla_Louvre_Ma1233.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Livia_Drusilla_Louvre_Ma1233.jpg/340px-Livia_Drusilla_Louvre_Ma1233.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2250" data-file-height="3400" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Livia_Drusilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Livia Drusilla">Livia Drusilla</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/27_BC" title="27 BC">27 BC</a>: the Roman Senate votes Octavian the title of <a href="/wiki/Augustus" title="Augustus">Augustus</a>. Augustus eventually assumes all authority formerly held by the Roman senate becoming the first emperor. This is traditionally taken as the end of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman Republic</a> and the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Principate" title="Principate">Principate</a> (27 BC-AD 235).<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25_BC" title="25 BC">25 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Galatia" title="Galatia">Galatia</a> annexed by <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a> after the death of <a href="/wiki/Amyntas_of_Galatia" title="Amyntas of Galatia">Amyntas of Galatia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UNRV_1-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRV-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Second half of 1st century BC – <a href="/wiki/Chaitya" title="Chaitya">Chaitya</a> hall at <a href="/wiki/Karli,_India" title="Karli, India">Karli, India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, is made. Early Andhra period.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="10s_BC">10s BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_century_BC&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 10s BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/10s_BC" title="10s BC">10s BC</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/19_BC" title="19 BC">19 BC</a>: conclusion of major fighting in the <a href="/wiki/Cantabrian_Wars" title="Cantabrian Wars">Cantabrian Wars</a> marks the end of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_conquest_of_Hispania" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman conquest of Hispania">Roman conquest of Hispania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18_BC" title="18 BC">18 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Baekje" title="Baekje">Baekje</a> is founded in mid-western <a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a> (traditional date according to <i>Samguk Sagi</i>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/16_BC" title="16 BC">16</a>-<a href="/wiki/13_BC" title="13 BC">13 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Augustus" title="Augustus">Augustus</a> establishes the <a href="/wiki/Rhine" title="Rhine">Rhine</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Limes_(Roman_Empire)" title="Limes (Roman Empire)">limes</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maison_Carr%C3%A9e" class="mw-redirect" title="Maison Carrée">Maison Carrée</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pont_du_Gard" title="Pont du Gard">Pont du Gard</a> built.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="0s_BC">0s BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_century_BC&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 0s BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/0s_BC" title="0s BC">0s BC</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/9_BC" title="9 BC">9 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pannonia" title="Pannonia">Pannonia</a> annexed to the Roman empire by the future emperor <a href="/wiki/Tiberius" title="Tiberius">Tiberius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8_BC" title="8 BC">8 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wang_Mang" title="Wang Mang">Wang Mang</a> becomes head of the <a href="/wiki/Han_dynasty" title="Han dynasty">Chinese</a> armed forces and administration.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_BC" title="7 BC">7 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Cheng_of_Han" title="Emperor Cheng of Han">Emperor Cheng of Han</a> dies and is succeeded by his nephew <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Ai_of_Han" title="Emperor Ai of Han">Ai</a>. <a href="/wiki/Empress_Wang_Zhengjun" class="mw-redirect" title="Empress Wang Zhengjun">Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun</a> becomes <a href="/wiki/Grand_Empress_Dowager" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Empress Dowager">Grand Empress Dowager</a> and the Emperor's grandmother <a href="/wiki/Consort_Fu_(Yuan)" title="Consort Fu (Yuan)">Consort Fu</a> becomes <a href="/wiki/Empress_Dowager" class="mw-redirect" title="Empress Dowager">Empress Dowager</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wang_Mang" title="Wang Mang">Wang Mang</a> resigns as head of the armed forces and administration. The reign is dominated by the destabilising intrigues of the Wang and Fu clans.</li> <li>c. <a href="/wiki/6_BC" title="6 BC">6 BC</a> – <a href="/wiki/4_BC" title="4 BC">4 BC</a>: birth of <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus of Nazareth</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Chronology_of_Jesus" title="Chronology of Jesus">Chronology of Jesus' birth and death</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anno_Domini" title="Anno Domini">Anno Domini</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Common_Era" title="Common Era">Common Era</a> for further details).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/4_BC" title="4 BC">4 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Judea" title="Judea">Judea</a> annexed to the Roman province of <a href="/wiki/Syria_(Roman_province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Syria (Roman province)">Syria</a> after the death of <a href="/wiki/Herod_the_Great" title="Herod the Great">King Herod</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_BC" title="2 BC">2 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Ai_of_Han" title="Emperor Ai of Han">Emperor Ai of Han</a> appoints his unpopular homosexual lover <a href="/wiki/Dong_Xian" title="Dong Xian">Dong Xian</a> as head of armed forces and administration.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1_BC" title="1 BC">1 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Ai_of_Han" title="Emperor Ai of Han">Emperor Ai of Han</a> dies and is succeeded by his eight year old cousin <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Ping_of_Han" title="Emperor Ping of Han">Ping</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wang_Mang" title="Wang Mang">Wang Mang</a> is appointed regent and begins wide-ranging reforms.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Significant_people">Significant people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_century_BC&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Significant people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pompejus.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Pompejus.JPG/120px-Pompejus.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Pompejus.JPG/180px-Pompejus.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Pompejus.JPG/240px-Pompejus.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1820" data-file-height="1504" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Pompey_the_Great" class="mw-redirect" title="Pompey the Great">Pompey the Great</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:0092_-_Wien_-_Kunsthistorisches_Museum_-_Gaius_Julius_Caesar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/0092_-_Wien_-_Kunsthistorisches_Museum_-_Gaius_Julius_Caesar.jpg/120px-0092_-_Wien_-_Kunsthistorisches_Museum_-_Gaius_Julius_Caesar.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/0092_-_Wien_-_Kunsthistorisches_Museum_-_Gaius_Julius_Caesar.jpg/180px-0092_-_Wien_-_Kunsthistorisches_Museum_-_Gaius_Julius_Caesar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/0092_-_Wien_-_Kunsthistorisches_Museum_-_Gaius_Julius_Caesar.jpg/240px-0092_-_Wien_-_Kunsthistorisches_Museum_-_Gaius_Julius_Caesar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:M._Tullius_Cicero,_Capitoline_Museum,_Rome.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/M._Tullius_Cicero%2C_Capitoline_Museum%2C_Rome.jpg/120px-M._Tullius_Cicero%2C_Capitoline_Museum%2C_Rome.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/M._Tullius_Cicero%2C_Capitoline_Museum%2C_Rome.jpg/180px-M._Tullius_Cicero%2C_Capitoline_Museum%2C_Rome.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/M._Tullius_Cicero%2C_Capitoline_Museum%2C_Rome.jpg/240px-M._Tullius_Cicero%2C_Capitoline_Museum%2C_Rome.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4651" data-file-height="4531" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cicero" title="Cicero">Cicero</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kleopatra-VII.-Altes-Museum-Berlin1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Kleopatra-VII.-Altes-Museum-Berlin1.jpg/120px-Kleopatra-VII.-Altes-Museum-Berlin1.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Kleopatra-VII.-Altes-Museum-Berlin1.jpg/180px-Kleopatra-VII.-Altes-Museum-Berlin1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Kleopatra-VII.-Altes-Museum-Berlin1.jpg/240px-Kleopatra-VII.-Altes-Museum-Berlin1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1149" data-file-height="1523" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cleopatra" title="Cleopatra">Cleopatra</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GiorcesBardo42.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/GiorcesBardo42.jpg/120px-GiorcesBardo42.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/GiorcesBardo42.jpg/180px-GiorcesBardo42.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/GiorcesBardo42.jpg/240px-GiorcesBardo42.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1202" data-file-height="1120" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Virgil" title="Virgil">Virgil</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sima_Qian_(painted_portrait).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sima_Qian_%28painted_portrait%29.jpg/120px-Sima_Qian_%28painted_portrait%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sima_Qian_%28painted_portrait%29.jpg/180px-Sima_Qian_%28painted_portrait%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sima_Qian_%28painted_portrait%29.jpg/240px-Sima_Qian_%28painted_portrait%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="877" data-file-height="889" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sima_Qian" title="Sima Qian">Sima Qian</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics_(and_relatives_of_political_figures)"><span id="Politics_.28and_relatives_of_political_figures.29"></span>Politics (and relatives of political figures)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_century_BC&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Politics (and relatives of political figures)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Aemilius_Lepidus_(triumvir)" class="mw-redirect" title="Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir)">Marcus Aemilius Lepidus</a>, Roman politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Vipsanius_Agrippa" title="Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa">Agrippa</a>, Roman statesman and general</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambiorix" title="Ambiorix">Ambiorix</a>, prince of the <a href="/wiki/Eburones" title="Eburones">Eburones</a>, Gallic <a href="/wiki/Tribal_chief" title="Tribal chief">tribal chief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Antony" title="Mark Antony">Mark Antony</a>, Roman general and politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariovistus" title="Ariovistus">Ariovistus</a>, leader of the <a href="/wiki/Suebi" title="Suebi">Suebi</a>, Germanic <a href="/wiki/Tribal_chief" title="Tribal chief">tribal chief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustus" title="Augustus">Augustus</a>, Roman Emperor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brutus_the_Younger" class="mw-redirect" title="Brutus the Younger">Brutus</a>, Roman politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burebista" title="Burebista">Burebista</a>, king of <a href="/wiki/Dacia" title="Dacia">Dacia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassivellaunus" title="Cassivellaunus">Cassivellaunus</a>, Celtic Briton <a href="/wiki/Tribal_chief" title="Tribal chief">tribal chief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catiline" title="Catiline">Catiline</a>, attempted to overthrow <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cato_the_Younger" title="Cato the Younger">Cato the Younger</a>, Roman politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleopatra_VII_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleopatra VII of Egypt">Cleopatra VII of Egypt</a>, Ruler of Egypt</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Publius_Clodius_Pulcher" title="Publius Clodius Pulcher">Publius Clodius Pulcher</a>, Roman politician, <a href="/wiki/Demagogue" title="Demagogue">demagogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crassus" class="mw-redirect" title="Crassus">Crassus</a>, Roman general and politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herod_the_Great" title="Herod the Great">Herod the Great</a>, king of <a href="/wiki/Judea" title="Judea">Judea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huo_Guang" title="Huo Guang">Huo Guang</a>, Chinese politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juba_II" title="Juba II">Juba II</a>, last king of <a href="/wiki/Numidia" title="Numidia">Numidia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_the_Elder" title="Julia the Elder">Julia the Elder</a>, Roman noblewoman, wife of Agrippa and <a href="/wiki/Tiberius" title="Tiberius">Tiberius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a>, Roman general and statesman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livia" title="Livia">Livia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Empress_of_Rome" class="mw-redirect" title="Empress of Rome">Empress of Rome</a>, mother of Tiberius</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucullus" title="Lucullus">Lucullus</a>, Roman general and politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maecenas" class="mw-redirect" title="Maecenas">Maecenas</a>, Roman politician and famous philanthropist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaius_Marius" title="Gaius Marius">Gaius Marius</a>, Roman general and statesman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalankilli" title="Nalankilli">Nalankilli</a>, king of the early <a href="/wiki/Chola_dynasty" title="Chola dynasty">Chola dynasty</a> in South India</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Octavia_the_Younger" title="Octavia the Younger">Octavia the Younger</a>, Roman noblewoman, sister of Augustus and wife of Mark Antony.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pompey" title="Pompey">Pompey</a>, Roman general and politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sextus_Pompey" title="Sextus Pompey">Sextus Pompey</a>, Roman general and son of Pompey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_XIII_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Ptolemy XIII of Egypt">Ptolemy XIII of Egypt</a>, pharaoh of Egypt</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sertorius" class="mw-redirect" title="Sertorius">Sertorius</a>, Roman statesman and general</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulla" title="Sulla">Sulla</a>, Roman general and statesman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tigranes_the_Great" title="Tigranes the Great">Tigranes the Great</a>, king of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Armenia_(Antiquity)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Armenia (Antiquity)">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vercingetorix" title="Vercingetorix">Vercingetorix</a>, Gallic king and chieftain</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Xuan_of_Han" title="Emperor Xuan of Han">Xuan of Han</a>, Chinese emperor</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_century_BC&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115" /><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hillel_the_Elder" title="Hillel the Elder">Hillel the Elder</a>, Jewish <a href="/wiki/Rabbi" title="Rabbi">rabbi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_of_Nazareth" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus of Nazareth">Jesus of Nazareth</a>, The Son of God in various beliefs</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a>, Jewish prophet in Christianity and Islam</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph" title="Saint Joseph">Joseph</a>, according to the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> the foster father of Jesus.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary (mother of Jesus)">Mary</a>, according to the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Quran" title="Quran">Quran</a> the mother of Jesus.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zarmanochegas" title="Zarmanochegas">Zarmanochegas</a>, Indian <a href="/wiki/Gymnosophist" class="mw-redirect" title="Gymnosophist">gymnosophist</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literature,_science,_and_philosophy"><span id="Literature.2C_science.2C_and_philosophy"></span>Literature, science, and philosophy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_century_BC&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Literature, science, and philosophy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115" /><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aemilius_Macer" title="Aemilius Macer">Aemilius Macer</a>, Roman didactic poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfenus_Varus" title="Alfenus Varus">Alfenus Varus</a>, Roman jurist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucius_Afranius_(poet)" title="Lucius Afranius (poet)">Afranius</a>, Roman dramatist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiochus_of_Ascalon" title="Antiochus of Ascalon">Antiochus of Ascalon</a>, Syrian Greek philosopher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antipater_of_Thessalonica" title="Antipater of Thessalonica">Antipater of Thessalonica</a>, Greek poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollonius_of_Citium" class="mw-redirect" title="Apollonius of Citium">Apollonius of Citium</a>, Cypriot Greek doctor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaius_Asinius_Pollio" title="Gaius Asinius Pollio">Asinius Pollio</a>, Roman poet and historian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asclepiodotus_(philosopher)" title="Asclepiodotus (philosopher)">Asclepiodotus</a>, Greek philosopher and writer on tactics</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athenaeus_Mechanicus" title="Athenaeus Mechanicus">Athenaeus Mechanicus</a>, Greek writer on siege weapons</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consort_Ban" title="Consort Ban">Consort Ban</a>, Chinese poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Licinius_Macer_Calvus" class="mw-redirect" title="Licinius Macer Calvus">Calvus</a>, Roman poet and orator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catullus" title="Catullus">Catullus</a>, Roman poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cicero" title="Cicero">Cicero</a>, Roman writer, philosopher and politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_Gallus" title="Cornelius Gallus">Cornelius Gallus</a>, Roman poet and politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_Nepos" title="Cornelius Nepos">Cornelius Nepos</a>, Roman biographer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crinagoras_of_Mytilene" title="Crinagoras of Mytilene">Crinagoras of Mytilene</a>, Greek poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didymus_Chalcenterus" title="Didymus Chalcenterus">Didymus Chalcenterus</a>, Alexandrian Greek grammarian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diodorus_Siculus" title="Diodorus Siculus">Diodorus Siculus</a>, Sicilian Greek historian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus" title="Dionysius of Halicarnassus">Dionysius of Halicarnassus</a>, Greek historian and grammarian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elephantis" title="Elephantis">Elephantis</a>, Greek poet and medical writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geminus" title="Geminus">Geminus</a>, Rhodian Greek astronomer and mathematician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helvius_Cinna" title="Helvius Cinna">Helvius Cinna</a>, Roman poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horace" title="Horace">Horace</a>, Roman poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huan_Tan" title="Huan Tan">Huan Tan</a>, Chinese poet, philosopher and politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jing_Fang" title="Jing Fang">Jing Fang</a>, Chinese mathematician and music theorist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Antistius_Labeo" title="Marcus Antistius Labeo">Marcus Antistius Labeo</a>, Roman jurist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livy" title="Livy">Livy</a>, Roman historian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Xiang_(scholar)" title="Liu Xiang (scholar)">Liu Xiang</a>, Chinese poet and librarian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Xin_(scholar)" title="Liu Xin (scholar)">Liu Xin</a>, Chinese astronomer, mathematician, and librarian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucretius" title="Lucretius">Lucretius</a>, Roman poet and philosopher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meleager_of_Gadara" title="Meleager of Gadara">Meleager of Gadara</a>, Syrian Greek poet and anthologist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigidius_Figulus" title="Nigidius Figulus">Nigidius Figulus</a>, Roman philosopher and polymath</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ovid" title="Ovid">Ovid</a>, Roman poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parmenion_(poet)" title="Parmenion (poet)">Parmenion</a>, Greek poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parthenius_of_Nicaea" title="Parthenius of Nicaea">Parthenius of Nicaea</a>, Bithynian Greek poet and grammarian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philodemus" title="Philodemus">Philodemus</a>, Syrian Greek poet and philosopher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucius_Pomponius" title="Lucius Pomponius">Lucius Pomponius</a>, Roman dramatist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gnaeus_Pompeius_Trogus" title="Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus">Pompeius Trogus</a>, Roman historian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Porcius_Latro" title="Marcus Porcius Latro">Marcus Porcius Latro</a>, Roman orator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posidonius" title="Posidonius">Posidonius</a>, Syrian Greek philosopher, geographer, and polymath</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Propertius" title="Propertius">Propertius</a>, Roman poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Publius_Rutilius_Lupus_(rhetorician)" title="Publius Rutilius Lupus (rhetorician)">Rutilius Lupus</a>, Roman rhetorician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Publilius_Syrus" title="Publilius Syrus">Publilius Syrus</a>, Syrian/Roman poet and dramatist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sallust" title="Sallust">Sallust</a>, Roman historian, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sima_Qian" title="Sima Qian">Sima Qian</a>, Chinese historian, father of <a href="/wiki/Chinese_historiography" title="Chinese historiography">Chinese historiography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sisenna" class="mw-redirect" title="Sisenna">Sisenna</a>, Roman historian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strabo" title="Strabo">Strabo</a>, Pontian Greek geographer and historian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Themison_of_Laodicea" title="Themison of Laodicea">Themison of Laodicea</a>, Syrian Greek doctor, founder of <a href="/wiki/Methodic_school" title="Methodic school">Methodic school</a> of medicine</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibullus" title="Tibullus">Tibullus</a>, Roman poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tryphon_(grammarian)" title="Tryphon (grammarian)">Tryphon</a>, Alexandrian Greek grammarian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valerius_Antias" title="Valerius Antias">Valerius Antias</a>, Roman historian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Terentius_Varro" title="Marcus Terentius Varro">Varro</a>, Roman polymath</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verrius_Flaccus" title="Verrius Flaccus">Verrius Flaccus</a>, Roman grammarian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgil" title="Virgil">Virgil</a>, Roman poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vitruvius" title="Vitruvius">Vitruvius</a>, Roman writer, <a href="/wiki/Architect" title="Architect">architect</a> and <a href="/wiki/Engineer" title="Engineer">engineer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Bao" title="Wang Bao">Wang Bao</a>, Chinese poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_Xiong_(author)" title="Yang Xiong (author)">Yang Xiong</a>, Chinese poet and philosopher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangam_literature" title="Sangam literature">Sangam literature</a>, ancient Tamil literary works.</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Others">Others</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_century_BC&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Others"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crixus" title="Crixus">Crixus</a>, Gallic gladiator and rebel leader</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jin_Midi" title="Jin Midi">Jin Midi</a>, Chinese official</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spartacus" title="Spartacus">Spartacus</a>, gladiator and insurgent leader of the <a href="/wiki/Third_Servile_War" title="Third Servile War">Third Servile War</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Inventions,_discoveries,_introductions"><span id="Inventions.2C_discoveries.2C_introductions"></span>Inventions, discoveries, introductions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_century_BC&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 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BC">36 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Maya_numerals" title="Maya numerals">Maya numeral</a> for Zero was written in <a href="/wiki/Chiapa_de_Corzo_(Mesoamerican_site)" title="Chiapa de Corzo (Mesoamerican site)">Chiapa</a>; it is the oldest zero in The Americas.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sovereign_states">Sovereign states</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_century_BC&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Sovereign states"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>See: <a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_the_1st_century_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sovereign states in the 1st century BC">List of sovereign states in the 1st century BC</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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title="105 BC">105 <small>BC</small></a> </td> <td style="background: #ffffff"><a href="/wiki/104_BC" title="104 BC">104 <small>BC</small></a> </td> <td style="background: #ffffff"><a href="/wiki/103_BC" title="103 BC">103 <small>BC</small></a> </td> <td style="background: #ffffff"><a href="/wiki/102_BC" title="102 BC">102 <small>BC</small></a> </td> <td style="background: #ffffff"><a href="/wiki/101_BC" title="101 BC">101 <small>BC</small></a> </td> <td style="background: #ffeedd"><a href="/wiki/100_BC" title="100 BC">100 <small>BC</small></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #ffddcc"><a href="/wiki/90s_BC" title="90s BC"><b>90s <small>BC</small></b></a> </td> <td style="background: #ffeedd"><a href="/wiki/99_BC" title="99 BC">99 <small>BC</small></a> </td> <td style="background: #ffeedd"><a href="/wiki/98_BC" title="98 BC">98 <small>BC</small></a> </td> <td style="background: #ffeedd"><a href="/wiki/97_BC" title="97 BC">97 <small>BC</small></a> </td> <td style="background: 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