1st century BC
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(2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century - other centuries)
The 1st century BC starts on January 1, 100 BC and ends on December 31, 1 BC. An alternative name for this century is the last century BC.
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium)
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Events
- The Roman Republic becomes the Roman Empire
- Birth of Jesus of Nazareth See: Chronology of Jesus' birth and death and Anno Domini for further details
- 18 BC Baekje is founded in midwestern Korea (traditional date according to Samguk Sagi)
- 31 BC Roman Civil War: Battle of Actium - Off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
- 37 BC Goguryeo is founded in southern Manchuria (traditional date according to Samguk Sagi)
- 44 BC Julius Caesar murdered
- 53 BC The Parthians defeat the Romans under Crassus in the Battle of Carrhae
- 57 BC Silla is founded in southeastern Korea (traditional date according to Samguk Sagi)
Significant persons
- Caesar Augustus, Roman emperor
- Cicero, Roman politician and writer
- Cleopatra VII of Egypt, Egyptian ruler
- Horace, Roman poet
- Julius Caesar, Roman politician
- Lucretius, Roman philosopher
- Marcus Antonius, Roman politician
- Marcus Junius Brutus, Caesar's adopted son, supposedly killed him
- Ptolemy XIII of Egypt, drowned in Nile
- Ovid, Roman poet
- Virgil, Roman poet
- Spartacus, gladiator
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
Decades and years
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