25 BCE Estimation: Rome, capital of the Roman Empire, becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from Chang'an, capital of China. The temple to Neptune on the Circus Flaminius is built. Imperator Caesar Augustus becomes Consul for the ninth time. His partner is Marcus Junius Silanus.
In the 20s BC , the 1st century BC .
The government gives its tributary states 20,000 rolls of silk cloth and about 20,000 pounds of silk floss.source The Roman colony of Emerita Augusta is founded (present-day Mérida).source Imperator Caesar Augustus becomes Consul for the ninth time. His partner is Marcus Junius Silanus.source Estimation: Rome, capital of the Roman Empire, becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from Chang'an, capital of China.source Galatia becomes a Roman province after the death of its king. The Roman troops stationed there are relocated to Egypt.source The temple to Neptune on the Circus Flaminius is built.source Births Aulus Cornelius Celsus, author of De Medicina (died c. AD 50)source Deaths Amyntas of Galatia, King of Galatiasource Nearby 31 BCE–22 BCE 8 of 8 sourced entries shown. Every line above is quoted from the revision linked beside it, which is 25 BC on English Wikipedia, revision 1267077793, retrieved 2026-09-06. Nothing on this page is written by us and nothing is generated: the sentences are the source’s own, so a claim you doubt can be checked against the exact revision it came from. Text is reused under CC BY-SA 4.0 .