Health & Medicine in the 1st century BC

11 sourced entries, 97 BCE to 7 BCE, oldest first. Also see Health & Medicine across every century or everything else in the 1st century BC.

• 97 BCEThe censors, Flaccus and Antonius, remove M. Duronius from the senate because of his opposition to sumptuary laws.source
• 91 BCEFollowing further accusations of witchcraft, the emperor executes hundreds of imperial officials and concubines.source
• 91 BCEAfter convincing the emperor that his ill health is caused by witchcraft, the prosecutor Jiang Chong is given charge of investigating the matter. People accuse each other of witchcraft, and tens of thousands are executed across China, including former generals Zhao Ponu and Gongsun Ao.source
• 75 BCEIn Rome, the tribune Quintus Opimius speaks out against Sullan restrictions on the tribunate, in orations noted for sarcasm against conservatives.source
• 68 BCETribune of the plebs Gaius Antius Restio passes the Lex Antia sumptuaria law forbidding Roman magistrates from attending banquets.source
• 46 BCENovember – Caesar leaves for Hispania to deal with a fresh outbreak of resistance.source
• 43 BCENovember – The triumvirs introduce proscriptions in which allegedly 130 senators and 2,000 equites are branded as outlaws and deprived of their property.source
• 30 BCEThe Revolt of Thebes (c. 30–29 BC) outbreaks in Egypt immediately after Octavian's victory. Followed by a series of Egyptian resistances, military conflicts and revolts, the following centuries.source
• 27 BCEAugustus' first census of the Roman Empire (formerly the Roman Republic) reports a total of 4,063,000 citizens.source
• 23 BCEAugustus gets seriously ill: he gives Agrippa his signet ring and grants him the title imperium pro consule.source
• 7 BCEAugustus' second census of the Roman Empire reports a total of 4,233,000 citizens. However, the specific criteria of the census are still not clear.source