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The eastern hemisphere at the beginning of the 1st century BC Chr.

The eastern hemisphere at the end of the 1st century BC Chr.

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 .

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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

1. ↑ Holger Dietrich, “Roman Emperors in Germany. The archaeological guide ”, Holger Sonnabend and Christian Winkel, Darmstadt / Mainz 2013, p. 75 para. 2