Decade · 19 BCE – 10 BCE
The world in the 10s BCE
From 19 BCE to 10 BCE the atlas holds 85 states standing at some time. 6 things began - Augsburg, Paekche and Indo-Parthian kingdom among them - and 3 ended; 12 people were born and 18 died, 1 of all these dated only to the decade.
What began in the 10s BCE
By kind, the best known first.
States 4
- Augsburg · state · 15 BCE
- Paekche · state · 18 BCE – 660 CE
- Indo-Parthian kingdom · state · 19 BCE – 226 CE
- Apracharajas · state · 15 BCE – 50 CE
Wars and battles 2
- Roman campaigns in Germania · battle · 12 BCE – 16 CE
- Roman conquest of Rhetia and the Alps · battle · 16 – 7 BCE
What ended in the 10s BCE
States 1
- Artaxiad dynasty · state · 189 – 12 BCE
Wars and battles 2
- Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula · battle · 218 – 19 BCE
- Cantabrian Wars · war · 29 – 19 BCE
Born and died
Born 12
- Claudius · politician · 10 BCE – 54 CE
- Arminius · military leader · 17 BCE – 21 CE
- Philo of Alexandria · philosopher · 15 BCE – 50 CE
- Germanicus · military leader · 15 BCE – 19 CE
- Velleius Paterculus · writer · 19 BCE – 31 CE
- Herod Agrippa · person · 10 BCE – 44 CE
- Lucius Caesar · politician · 17 BCE – 2 CE
- Agrippa Postumus · person · 12 BCE – 14 CE
- Polemon II of Pontus · monarch · 16 BCE – 74 CE
- Artaxias III · person · 13 BCE – 34 CE
- Ma Yuan · commander · 14 BCE – 49 CE
- Souxie · ruler · 12 – 11 BCE
Died 18
- Virgil · poet · 70 – 19 BCE
- Vitruvius · engineer · 80 – 15 BCE
- Propertius · poet · 47 – 16 BCE
- Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa · military leader · 63 – 12 BCE
- Lepidus · politician · 90 – 13 BCE
- Dongmyeong of Goguryeo · monarch · 58 – 19 BCE
- Octavia the Younger · person · 66 – 11 BCE
- Lucius Munatius Plancus · military leader · 89 – 15 BCE
- Asander · monarch · 110 – 17 BCE
- Marcus Junius Silanus · politician · 69 – 11 BCE
- Cornelia · person · 48 – 18 BCE
- Marcus Valerius Messalla Appianus · politician · 45 – 12 BCE
- Titus Statilius Taurus · politician · 80 – 10 BCE
- Dynamis · politician · 62 – 13 BCE
- Mirian II · monarch · 89 – 19 BCE
- Potitus Valerius Messalla · politician · 70 – 17 BCE
and 2 more in the atlas.
States of the 10s BCE
The states that stood at some time in the 10s BCE, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 19 BCE.
Europe13 states
- Roman Empire · 27 BCE – 395 CE · Augustus, Roman emperor since 27 BCE
- Ancient Greece · 1201 BCE – 600 CE
- Ancient Rome · 753 BCE – 476 CE · Augustus, Roman emperor since 27 BCE
- Augsburg · 15 BCE
- Sarmatians · 200 BCE – 370 CE
- Dacia · 60 BCE – 106 CE
- Bosporan Kingdom · 437 BCE – 370 CE · Dynamis, King of the Bosporus since 44 BCE and Asander, King of the Bosporus since 44 BCE
- Odrysian kingdom · 460 BCE – 46 CE
and 5 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa30 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
- Kingdom of Iberia · 299 BCE – 580 CE · Artaxias II of Iberia, King of Iberia since 20 BCE
- Kingdom of Kush · 2180 BCE – 350 CE
and 22 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
South Asia18 states
- Chola dynasty · 300 BCE – 1279 CE
- Gandhara · 751 BCE – 535 CE · Straton III, King of Gandhara since 25 BCE
- Indo-Greek Kingdom · 180 BCE – 10 CE · Straton III, monarch since 25 BCE
- 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
and 10 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia15 states
- Han dynasty · 206 BCE – 220 CE · Emperor Cheng of Han, Emperor of China since 33 BCE
- Xiongnu · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Silla · 57 BCE – 892 CE
- Goguryeo · 37 BCE – 668 CE · Dongmyeong of Goguryeo, wang since 37 BCE and Yuri of Goguryeo, wang since 19 BCE
- Paekche · 18 BCE – 660 CE
- Xianbei · 208 BCE – 670 CE
- Pyu city-states · 201 BCE – 1050 CE
- Chinese Empire · 220 BCE – 1912 CE · Emperor Cheng of Han, Emperor of China since 33 BCE
and 7 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 unknown6 states
- Eastern Ye · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Oddiyana · 401 BCE – 1100 CE
- Shanshan · 92 BCE – 445 CE
- Kingdom of Munster · 101 BCE – 1138 CE
- Kingdom of Rajarata · 601 BCE – 1300 CE
- Jushi Kingdom · 108 BCE – 450 CE
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 39 BCE – 10: every state, war and life of the 10s BCE, region by region.
- On the map in 14 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.