Climate & Environment in the 1st century

19 sourced entries, 11 CE to 79 CE, oldest first. Also see Climate & Environment across every century or everything else in the 1st century.

• 11The Yellow River experiences a major flood. This flood is credited for the downfall of the short-lived Xin dynasty.source
• 14Famine hits China; some citizens turn to cannibalism.source
• 15The river Tiber floods parts of Rome.source
• 17An earthquake in Anatolia destroys the city of Sardis and damages several other cities.source
• 18After a flooding of the Yellow River in China, farmers are forced to rebel. Emperor Wang Mang reacts by sending an army (some 100,000 men) against the agrarian rebels. The rebel leaders, concerned that during battle it will become impossible to tell friend from foe, order that their men color their eyebrows red – and this is where the name Chimei ("The Red Eyebrows") comes from.source
• 37April 9 – An earthquake destroys Antioch.source
• 44(Approximate date, may be as late as 48) A famine takes place in Judea.source
• 46A large famine occurred across Syria, recorded by Orosius, Suetonius, Tacitus and Josephus, due to bad harvests.source
• 46A drought and an invasion of locusts hit the Mongolian steppes, causing a famine and a revolt at Xiongnu.source
• 54Violence erupts in Caesarea regarding a local ordinance restricting the civil rights of Jews, creating clashes between Jews and pagans. The Roman garrison, made up of Syrians, takes the side of the pagans. The Jews, armed with clubs and swords, meet in the marketplace. The governor of Judea, Antonius Felix, orders his troops to charge. The violence continues and Felix asks Nero to arbitrate. Nero sides with the pagans, and relegates the Jews to second-class citizens.source
• 58The Ficus Ruminalis begins to die (see Rumina).source
• 58In Thuringia, conflict between two Germanic tribes erupts over access to water.source
• 60The city of Laodicea on the Lycus is destroyed by an earthquakesource
• 62A great earthquake damages cities in Campania, including Pompeii (February 5).source
• 63Pompeii, the city at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, builds a new monumental forum, after the town is heavily damaged by a strong earthquake.source
• 67Jewish leaders at Jerusalem are divided through a power struggle, and a brutal civil war erupts. The Zealots and the Sicarii execute anyone who tries to leave the city.source
• 70A flood in the yellow river returns the river north of Shandong, to essentially its present coursesource
• 70Panic strikes Rome as adverse winds delay grain shipments from Africa and Egypt, producing a bread shortage. Ships laden with wheat from North Africa sail 300 miles to Rome's port of Ostia in 3 days, and the 1,000 mile voyage from Alexandria averages 13 days. The vessels often carry 1,000 tons each to provide the city with the 8,000 tons per week it normally consumes.source
• 79August 24 or c. October 24 – Eruption of Mount Vesuvius: Mount Vesuvius erupts, destroying Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae and Oplontis. The Roman navy (based at Misenum), commanded by Pliny the Elder, evacuates refugees. Pliny dies after inhaling volcanic fumes.source