1st century BC Chr.
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The 1st century BC Chr. Began on 1 January of 100. Chr. And ending December 31, v 1. AD. It is part of antiquity .
Age / Epoch
- China's power declines noticeably after the death of the great Han emperor Wu ; at the end of the century, de facto power rests in the hands of the aspiring court official Wang Mang .
Events / developments
- The Roman Republic becomes the Roman Empire .
- In the battle of Carrhae in 53 BC There is a crushing defeat of the Romans by the Parthians .
- In the Roman Empire, numerous water pipes were built to supply the cities.
- Rome develops into a big city with numerous temples, imperial palaces, villas, town houses and engineering structures .
- Birth of Jesus of Nazareth (around 6 BC)
- 16 BC BC : The Romans found Augusta Treverorum ( Latin for " city of Augustus in the land of the Treverians "), today's Trier
- 15 BC Chr .: Augsburg , founded as a Roman legionary camp ( lat.Augusta Vindelicorum )
Personalities
- Marcus Antonius , Roman general and politician
- Augustus , Roman Emperor
- Cleopatra , Queen of Egypt
- Gaius Iulius Caesar , Roman general, statesman and author
- Cicero , Roman politician, philosopher and writer
- Horace , Roman poet
- Ovid , Roman poet
- Virgil , poet
- Lucius Licinius Lucullus , Roman politician and bon vivant
- Albius Tibullus , poet
- Sextus Aurelius propertius , poet
- Titus Livius , Roman historian at the time of Augustus
- Cornelius Nepos , Roman historian
- Catullus , Roman poet
- Strabon , Greek historian and geographer
- Spartacus , rebellious Roman slave
- Vitruvius , Roman builder, architect, engineer and writer
- Lucretius , Roman poet and philosopher
- Publius Quinctilius Varus , Roman general and politician
Inventions and discoveries
- approx. 98 BC Chr .: The Romans invent the warm air heating .
- from approx. 90 BC Chr . : in Europe water power ( water mill ) is used for the first time to grind grain.
- from approx. 90 BC Chr .: in Rome the knife appears as a eating utensil at the table.
- Lucius Licinius Lucullus brings about 70 BC Chr. The precious cherry from Asia Minor to Europe.
- around 70 BC Chr .: in Rome inflatable balls are invented.
- around 60 BC Chr . : in Rome regular publications, so a kind of newspaper , are common. Around the same time, Cicero's slave Marcus Tullius Tiro developed his own shorthand (shorthand), the Tironic Notes .
- Varro postulates tiny living things as the cause of diseases (approx. 37 BC ).
- At the end of the century, the Phoenicians in Sidon ( Middle East ) invented glass blowing .
Buildings
- 18 BC BC / 17 BC BC : Start of construction of the Roman bridge in Trier
Web links
Commons : 1st century BC Chr. - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holger Dietrich, “Roman Emperors in Germany. The archaeological guide ”, Holger Sonnabend and Christian Winkel, Darmstadt / Mainz 2013, p. 75 para. 2