Century · 1 – 100
The world in the 1st century
From 1 to 100 the atlas holds 105 states standing at some time, 20 of them founded in it - Goths and Kushan Empire the best known - and 14 ending in it. 39 wars, risings, treaties, discoveries and other events began - Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, First Jewish–Roman War and Year of the Four Emperors the best known of the events; 121 people were born.
A century here is counted as Wikidata counts it, 1 to 100, and holds every row that began in it, however coarsely dated.
What began in the 1st century
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 30
- Battle of the Teutoburg Forest · battle · 9
- Year of the Four Emperors · war · 68 – 69
- Siege of Jerusalem · battle · 70
- Jewish–Roman wars · war · 66 – 135
- Battle of Mons Graupius · battle · 83 – 84
- Revolt of the Batavi · battle · 69 – 70
- Battle of Idistaviso · battle · 16
- Defeat of Boudica · battle · 60 – 61
and 22 more in the atlas.
Unrest and atrocity 4
- First Jewish–Roman War · unrest · 66 – 74
- Red Eyebrows · unrest · 17 – 27
- Lulin · unrest · 21
- Alexandrian riots · unrest · 38
Natural disasters 1
- AD 62 Pompeii earthquake · disaster · 62
Treaties 1
- Treaty of Rhandeia · treaty · 63
Works and ideas 3
- Christianity · religion · 33
- Epistle to the Galatians · literature · 50
- Gospel of Thomas · literature · 100
States founded and fallen
Founded 20
- Goths · state · 100 – 1475
- Kushan Empire · state · 30 – 375
- Ghana Empire · state · 100 – 1200
- Xin dynasty · state · 9 – 23
- Kaya confederacy · state · 42 – 562
- Kingdom of Funan · state · 68 – 550
- Kingdom of Khotan · state · 56 – 1006
- Arsacid dynasty of Armenia · state · 66 – 428
- Trưng sisters · state · 43 – 50
- Yamatai · state · 100 – 300
- Western Satraps · state · 35 – 405
- Mahan confederacy · state · 100 – 300
- Langkasuka · state · 100 – 1500
- Geumgwan Gaya · state · 43 – 532
and 6 more in the atlas.
Ended 14
- Babylon · state · 1894 BCE – 1 CE
- Indo-Greek Kingdom · state · 180 BCE – 10 CE
- Xin dynasty · state · 9 – 23
- Yuezhi · state · 404 BCE – 42 CE
- Kingdom of Pontus · state · 281 BCE – 62 CE
- Kingdom of Commagene · state · 163 BCE – 72 CE
- Odrysian kingdom · state · 460 BCE – 46 CE
- Trưng sisters · state · 43 – 50
- Tauri · state · 600 BCE – 100 CE
- Kingdom of Cappadocia · state · 321 BCE – 17 CE
- Herodian tetrarchy · state · 4 BCE – 44 CE
- Judean provisional government · state · 66 – 68
- Apracharajas · state · 15 BCE – 50 CE
- Thracian kingdom · state · 87 BCE – 50 CE
Born in the 1st century
The best known first, by how many Wikipedias write about them.
- Paul the Apostle · theologian · 5 – 66
- Plutarch · philosopher · 50 – 200
- Tacitus · politician · 54 – 120
- Ptolemy · astronomer · 85 – 170
- Nero · politician · 37 – 68
- Caligula · politician · 12 – 41
- Pliny the Elder · naturalist · 23 – 79
- Epictetus · philosopher · 50 – 138
- Trajan · statesperson · 53 – 117
- Vespasian · politician · 9 – 79
- Hadrian · politician · 76 – 138
- Clement of Rome · theologian · 1 – 99
- Titus · politician · 39 – 81
- John the Apostle · theologian · 11 – 99
- Pliny the Younger · politician · 61 – 113
- Juvenal · poet · 55 – 200
- Domitian · politician · 51 – 96
- James the Great · religious leader · 1 – 44
- Mark the Evangelist · religious leader · 12 – 68
- Suetonius · writer · 70 – 126
- Josephus · writer · 37 – 100
- Antoninus Pius · politician · 86 – 161
- Thomas the Apostle · religious leader · 1 – 72
- Martial · poet · 40 – 104
and 97 more in the atlas.
States of the 1st century
Every state that stood at some time in the 1st century, by region, the best known first.
Europe14 states
- Roman Empire · 27 BCE – 395 CE
- Ancient Greece · 1201 BCE – 600 CE
- Ancient Rome · 753 BCE – 476 CE
- Goths · 100 – 1475
- 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
- Abasgia · 64 – 786
and 2 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa33 states
- Babylon · 1894 BCE – 1 CE
- Troy · 3000 BCE – 500 CE
- Rhodes · 188 BCE – 1249 CE
- Parthian Empire · 247 BCE – 224 CE
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Kingdom of Aksum · 401 BCE – 960 CE
- Ghana Empire · 100 – 1200
- Kingdom of Iberia · 299 BCE – 580 CE
- Kingdom of Kush · 2180 BCE – 350 CE
- Caucasian Albania · 2 BCE – 461 CE
- Kingdom of Armenia · 553 BCE – 428 CE
- Atropatene · 323 BCE – 226 CE
and 21 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
South Asia21 states
- Kushan Empire · 30 – 375
- 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
- Satavahana dynasty · 230 BCE – 220 CE
- Pandya dynasty · 300 BCE – 1650 CE
- Indo-Parthian kingdom · 19 BCE – 226 CE
- Kingdom of Khotan · 56 – 1006
- Wusun · 170 BCE – 450 CE
- Western Satraps · 35 – 405
and 9 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia22 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
- Xin dynasty · 9 – 23
- Xianbei · 208 BCE – 670 CE
- Pyu city-states · 201 BCE – 1050 CE
- Kaya confederacy · 42 – 562
- Kingdom of Funan · 68 – 550
- Chinese Empire · 220 BCE – 1912 CE
- Trưng sisters · 43 – 50
and 10 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 unknown12 states
- Eastern Ye · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Langkasuka · 100 – 1500
- Geumgwan Gaya · 43 – 532
- Oddiyana · 401 BCE – 1100 CE
- Daegaya · 42 – 562
- 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
- Dangchang Kingdom · 1 – 564
- Cé · 1 – 900
Its decades and years
The decades and years with a page of their own.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 0 – 100: every state, war and life of the 1st century, region by region.
- On the map in 50: 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.