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'.
1st Century BC Media
- World in 100 BCE.PNG
Map of the world in 100 BC, the beginning of the first century BC
- World in 50 BCE.PNG
Map of the World in 50 BCE.
- World in 1 CE.png
Map of the world in 1 AD, shortly after the end of the first century BC
- Sulla Glyptothek Munich 309.jpg
Sulla's march on Rome in 88 BC was an early step in the Crisis of the Roman Republic.
- Mithridates VI Louvre.jpg
- MauesBuddhaCoin.JPG
Coin of Maues. Personal photograph, 2005. Released in the Public Domain.
- Roman bust of a Dacian tarabostes, Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia - 20070614.jpg
Fragment of a monumental statue of a Dacian prisoner from Trajan's Forum in Rome, Italy.
- Huo guang.jpg
A portrait of the w:Huo Guang from w:Sancai Tuhui.
- Tigran Mets.jpg
Coin with Tigranes the Great portrait (Armenian king, ruled 95 BCE–55 BCE). Coin - Ar, 29mm, 16,41g.
- World in 50 BCE.PNG
Map of the World in 50 BCE.