Century · 100 BCE – 1 BCE
The world in the 1st century BCE
From 100 BCE to 1 BCE the atlas holds 104 states standing at some time, 21 of them founded in it - Roman Empire and Augsburg the best known - and 18 ending in it. 90 wars, risings, treaties, discoveries and other events began - Battle of Actium, Gallic Wars and Third Servile War the best known of the events; 207 people were born.
A century here is counted as Wikidata counts it, 100 BCE to 1 BCE, and holds every row that began in it, however coarsely dated.
What began in the 1st century BCE
By decade first - wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey - then by kind, the best known first.
Wars and battles 84
- Battle of Actium · battle · 31 BCE
- Gallic Wars · war · 58 – 51 BCE
- Third Servile War · war · 73 – 71 BCE
- Roman–Persian wars · war · 54 BCE – 628 CE
- Battle of Alesia · battle · 52 BCE
- Battle of Carrhae · battle · 53 BCE
- Caesar's civil war · war · 49 – 45 BCE
- Battle of Pharsalus · battle · 48 BCE
and 76 more in the atlas.
Unrest and atrocity 3
- Assassination of Julius Caesar · atrocity · 44 BCE
- Catilinarian conspiracy · unrest · 63 BCE
- Asiatic Vespers · atrocity · 88 BCE
Treaties 2
- Treaty of Dardanos · treaty · 85 BCE
- peace of Brundisium · treaty · 40 BCE
Works and ideas 1
- Commentarii de Bello Gallico · literature · 49 BCE
States founded and fallen
Founded 21
- Roman Empire · state · 27 BCE – 395 CE
- Augsburg · state · 15 BCE
- Teotihuacan · state · 50 BCE – 704 CE
- Silla · state · 57 BCE – 892 CE
- Goguryeo · state · 37 BCE – 668 CE
- Paekche · state · 18 BCE – 660 CE
- Caucasian Albania · state · 2 BCE – 461 CE
- Dacia · state · 60 BCE – 106 CE
- Adiabene · state · 63 BCE – 370 CE
- Indo-Parthian kingdom · state · 19 BCE – 226 CE
- Kanva dynasty · state · 70 – 25 BCE
- Gordyene · state · 63 BCE – 259 CE
- Jinhan confederacy · state · 91 BCE – 377 CE
- Herodian kingdom · state · 37 – 4 BCE
and 7 more in the atlas.
Ended 18
- Ancient Egypt · state · 4001 – 30 BCE
- Roman Republic · state · 509 – 27 BCE
- Phoenicia · state · 2500 – 64 BCE
- Seleucid Empire · state · 312 – 63 BCE
- Kingdom of Numidia · state · 202 – 46 BCE
- Bithynia · state · 297 – 74 BCE
- Cyrenaica · state · 331 – 92 BCE
- Galatia · state · 279 – 26 BCE
- Ptolemaic Kingdom · state · 305 – 30 BCE
- Shunga Empire · state · 185 – 75 BCE
- Kanva dynasty · state · 70 – 25 BCE
- Artaxiad dynasty · state · 189 – 12 BCE
- Loulan Kingdom · state · 201 – 77 BCE
- Soli · state · 1101 – 58 BCE
and 4 more in the atlas.
Born in the 1st century BCE
The best known first, by how many Wikipedias write about them.
- Jesus Christ · religious leader · 2 BCE – 33 CE
- Julius Caesar · ruler · 100 – 44 BCE
- Augustus · ruler · 63 BCE – 14 CE
- Virgil · poet · 70 – 19 BCE
- Ovid · poet · 43 BCE – 17 CE
- Cleopatra · monarch · 69 – 30 BCE
- Horace · philosopher · 65 – 8 BCE
- Seneca the Younger · statesperson · 5 BCE – 65 CE
- Saint Peter · religious leader · 1 BCE – 65 CE
- Livy · poet · 59 BCE – 17 CE
- Lucretius · philosopher · 94 – 55 BCE
- Catullus · poet · 84 – 54 BCE
- Tiberius · politician · 42 BCE – 37 CE
- Strabo · philosopher · 64 BCE – 21 CE
- Claudius · politician · 10 BCE – 54 CE
- Mark Antony · politician · 83 – 30 BCE
- Vitruvius · engineer · 80 – 15 BCE
- Galba · politician · 5 BCE – 69 CE
- Diodorus Siculus · scientist · 90 – 20 BCE
- Sallust · politician · 86 – 35 BCE
- Herod the Great · monarch · 74 – 4 BCE
- Arminius · military leader · 17 BCE – 21 CE
- Marcus Junius Brutus · philosopher · 85 – 42 BCE
- Philo of Alexandria · philosopher · 15 BCE – 50 CE
and 183 more in the atlas.
States of the 1st century BCE
Every state that stood at some time in the 1st century BCE, by region, the best known first.
Europe15 states
- Roman Empire · 27 BCE – 395 CE
- Ancient Greece · 1201 BCE – 600 CE
- Ancient Rome · 753 BCE – 476 CE
- Augsburg · 15 BCE
- Roman Republic · 509 – 27 BCE
- Sarmatians · 200 BCE – 370 CE
- Dacia · 60 BCE – 106 CE
- Bosporan Kingdom · 437 BCE – 370 CE
- Odrysian kingdom · 460 BCE – 46 CE
- Lazica · 101 BCE – 700 CE
- Tauri · 600 BCE – 100 CE
- Catuvellauni · 101 BCE – 500 CE
and 3 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa43 states
- Ancient Egypt · 4001 – 30 BCE
- Babylon · 1894 BCE – 1 CE
- Troy · 3000 BCE – 500 CE
- Rhodes · 188 BCE – 1249 CE
- Phoenicia · 2500 – 64 BCE
- Parthian Empire · 247 BCE – 224 CE
- Seleucid Empire · 312 – 63 BCE
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Kingdom of Aksum · 401 BCE – 960 CE
- Kingdom of Numidia · 202 – 46 BCE
- Bithynia · 297 – 74 BCE
- Cyrenaica · 331 – 92 BCE
and 31 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
South Asia21 states
- Chola dynasty · 300 BCE – 1279 CE
- Gandhara · 751 BCE – 535 CE
- Indo-Greek Kingdom · 180 BCE – 10 CE
- Indo-Scythian Kingdom · 200 BCE – 400 CE
- Yuezhi · 404 BCE – 42 CE
- Shunga Empire · 185 – 75 BCE
- Satavahana dynasty · 230 BCE – 220 CE
- Pandya dynasty · 300 BCE – 1650 CE
- Indo-Parthian kingdom · 19 BCE – 226 CE
- Kanva dynasty · 70 – 25 BCE
- Loulan Kingdom · 201 – 77 BCE
- Wusun · 170 BCE – 450 CE
and 9 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia15 states
- Han dynasty · 206 BCE – 220 CE
- Xiongnu · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Silla · 57 BCE – 892 CE
- Goguryeo · 37 BCE – 668 CE
- Paekche · 18 BCE – 660 CE
- Xianbei · 208 BCE – 670 CE
- Pyu city-states · 201 BCE – 1050 CE
- Chinese Empire · 220 BCE – 1912 CE
- Okjeo · 301 BCE – 300 CE
- Jinhan confederacy · 91 BCE – 377 CE
- Byeonhan confederacy · 201 BCE – 400 CE
- Tamna · 2337 BCE – 1404 CE
and 3 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania3 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Teotihuacan · 50 BCE – 704 CE
- Zapotec civilization · 6701 BCE – 1201 CE
Location unknown7 states
- Eastern Ye · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Oddiyana · 401 BCE – 1100 CE
- Shanshan · 92 BCE – 445 CE
- Kingdom of Munster · 101 BCE – 1138 CE
- Arsacid dynasty of Caucasian Albania · 2 BCE – 428 CE
- Kingdom of Rajarata · 601 BCE – 1300 CE
- Jushi Kingdom · 108 BCE – 450 CE
Its decades and years
The decades and years with a page of their own.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 101 BCE – 1 BCE: every state, war and life of the 1st century BCE, region by region.
- On the map in 51 BCE: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.