1st century BC

(2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century - other centuries)

The 1st century BC starts on January 1, 100 BC and ends on December 31, 1 BC.

(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD)

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Table of contents

1 Events 2 Significant persons 3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Events

• The Roman Republic becomes the Roman Empire
• birth of Jesus Christ
• BC 57 Silla established
• BC 44 Julius Caesar murdered
• BC 37 Goguryeo established
• BC 18 Baekje established

Significant persons

• 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 Antony, Roman politician
• Marcus 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

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