1st century BC

The 1st century BC started on January 1, 100 BC and ended on December 31, 1 BC. An alternative name for this century is the last century BC. The AD/BC notation does not use a year zero. Scientific notation does, however, use a minus sign, so '2 BC' is equal to 'year −1'.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC · 1st century BC · 1st century AD
Decades:	90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments

1st Century BC Media

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  Map of the world in 100 BC, the beginning of the first century BC

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  Map of the World in 50 BCE.

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  Map of the world in 1 AD, shortly after the end of the first century BC

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  Sulla's march on Rome in 88 BC was an early step in the Crisis of the Roman Republic.

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  Mithridates VI of Pontus

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  Coin of Maues. Personal photograph, 2005. Released in the Public Domain.

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  A portrait of the w:Huo Guang from w:Sancai Tuhui.

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  Coin with Tigranes the Great portrait (Armenian king, ruled 95 BCE–55 BCE). Coin - Ar, 29mm, 16,41g.

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  Map of the World in 50 BCE.

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  Cleopatra VII and her son Caesarion at the Temple of Dendera

Related pages

• Kofun period