1st century
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(1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century - other centuries)
The 1st century was that century which lasted from 1 to 100.
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Events
- Beginning of Christianity
- Spread of the Roman Empire
- Masoretes adds vowel pointings to the text of the Tanakh
- Pompeii and Herculaneum destroyed by eruption of Mount Vesuvius in August 79
- Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka first write down Buddha's teachings, creating the Pali canon
- Buddhism reaches China
- Tacitus mentions the Suiones, who will one day be called the Swedes.
- Kaundinya, a Indian Brahmin marries Soma and establishes the Pre-Angkor Cambodian Kingdom of Funan.
- Arena (colosseum) is constructed, origin of the name Arena
- The Goths settle in northern Poland, which they called Gothiscandza, and shape the Wielbark culture.
Significant persons
- Jesus
- Saint Paul of Tarsus
- Pliny the Elder
- Tiberius
- Tacitus
- Seneca
- Josephus
- Nero
- Titus
- Boudicca
- Arminius
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
- Codex, the first form of the modern book, appears in the Roman empire
- Year 78 - the beginning of the Saka Era South Asian calendar system.
- Bookbinding
Decades and years
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