(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 AD)

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Contents

1 Events 2 Significant persons 3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions 4 Decades and years

Events

• The Roman Republic becomes the Roman Empire
• Birth of Jesus
• 57 BC Kingdom of Silla founded in present-day Korea
• 44 BC Julius Caesar murdered
• 37 BC Kingdom of Goguryeo founded in present-day Korea
• 18 BC Kingdom of Baekje founded in present-day Korea

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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