The 1st century BC
1,102 sourced entries across 99 documented years, grouped into 11 decades. A century here runs 1900–1999 rather than 1901–2000, so its decades sit inside it exactly.
Decades
- The 90s BC — 10 years, 79 entries
- The 80s BC — 10 years, 128 entries
- The 70s BC — 10 years, 88 entries
- The 60s BC — 10 years, 110 entries
- The 50s BC — 10 years, 140 entries
- The 40s BC — 10 years, 213 entries
- The 30s BC — 10 years, 105 entries
- The 20s BC — 10 years, 83 entries
- The 10s BC — 10 years, 85 entries
- The 0s BC — 8 years, 59 entries
- The 0s — 10 years, 119 entries
By subject
- Conflict & Security in the 1st century BC — 251 entries
- Geopolitics & Diplomacy in the 1st century BC — 109 entries
- Exploration & Expansion in the 1st century BC — 54 entries
- Religion & Belief in the 1st century BC — 53 entries
- Culture & Society in the 1st century BC — 50 entries
- Crime & Justice in the 1st century BC — 28 entries
- Technology & Infrastructure in the 1st century BC — 17 entries
- Science & Discovery in the 1st century BC — 13 entries
- Health & Medicine in the 1st century BC — 9 entries
A few of the years
- 99 BCEConsuls: Aulus Postumius Albinus and Marcus Antonius.
- 87 BCEMarch 30 – The eight-year-old Liu Fuling becomes emperor, with Huo Guang General-in-Chief and regent.
- 75 BCEAt the Battle of Saguntum the republican forces on the Iberian Peninsula and the Sertorian rebels fight each other to a draw. Quintus Sertorius is forced to withdraw leaving the battlefield to Pompey and Metellus (the republican commanders).
- 62 BCEJanuary 5 – The forces of the conspirator Catiline are defeated by the loyal Roman armies of Antonius Hybrida led by Marcus Petreius in the Battle of Pistoria.
- 50 BCEInitiation Rites of the Cult of Bacchus, detail of a wall painting in the Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, is made (approximate date).
- 36 BCEJune – Mark Antony launches a major offensive against the Parthians, in which he marches with 10 legions and 10,000 cavalry to Carana in Anatolia.
- 24 BCECaesar Augustus becomes Roman Consul for the tenth time. His partner is Gaius Norbanus Flaccus.
- 12 BCERoman armies based at Xanten, Cologne and Mainz campaign beyond the Rhine.