Decade · 10 – 19
The world in the 10s
From 10 to 19 the atlas holds 87 states standing at some time. 4 things began - Red Eyebrows, Battle of Idistaviso and Battle at Pontes Longi among them - and 2 ended; 8 people were born and 10 died.
What began in the 10s
By kind, the best known first.
Wars and battles 3
- Battle of Idistaviso · battle · 16
- Battle at Pontes Longi · battle · 15
- Battle of the Angrivarian Wall · battle · 16
Unrest and atrocity 1
- Red Eyebrows · unrest · 17 – 27
What ended in the 10s
States 1
- Indo-Greek Kingdom · state · 180 BCE – 10 CE
Wars and battles 1
- Roman campaigns in Germania · battle · 12 BCE – 16 CE
Born and died
Born 8
- Caligula · politician · 12 – 41
- John the Apostle · theologian · 11 – 99
- Mark the Evangelist · religious leader · 12 – 68
- Vitellius · politician · 15 – 69
- Apollonius of Tyana · mathematician · 15 – 100
- Pomponius Mela · writer · 15 – 100
- Gaius Suetonius Paulinus · politician · 10 – 60
- Liu Penzi · politician · 11 – 100
Died 10
- Augustus · ruler · 63 BCE – 14 CE
- Ovid · poet · 43 BCE – 17 CE
- Livy · poet · 59 BCE – 17 CE
- Saint Anne · person · 55 BCE – 12 CE
- Germanicus · military leader · 15 BCE – 19 CE
- Gaius Julius Hyginus · astronomer · 64 BCE – 17 CE
- Julia the Elder · person · 39 BCE – 14 CE
- Agrippa Postumus · person · 12 BCE – 14 CE
- Scribonia · person · 70 BCE – 16 CE
- Yuri of Goguryeo · ruler · 38 BCE – 18 CE
States of the 10s
The states that stood at some time in the 10s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 10.
Europe12 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
- Sarmatians · 200 BCE – 370 CE
- Dacia · 60 BCE – 106 CE
- Bosporan Kingdom · 437 BCE – 370 CE · Tiberius Julius Aspurgus, King of the Bosporus since 7
- Odrysian kingdom · 460 BCE – 46 CE
- Lazica · 101 BCE – 700 CE
and 4 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa29 states
- 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 · Pharasmanes I, King of Iberia since 1
- Kingdom of Kush · 2180 BCE – 350 CE
- Caucasian Albania · 2 BCE – 461 CE
and 21 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 · Rajuvula, King since 10
- 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 Asia16 states
- Han dynasty · 206 BCE – 220 CE
- Xiongnu · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Silla · 57 BCE – 892 CE
- Goguryeo · 37 BCE – 668 CE · Yuri of Goguryeo, wang since 19 BCE
- Paekche · 18 BCE – 660 CE · Onjo, king since 18 BCE
- Xin dynasty · 9 – 23 · Wang Mang, Emperor of China since 9
- Xianbei · 208 BCE – 670 CE
- Pyu city-states · 201 BCE – 1050 CE
and 8 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 unknown9 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
- Dangchang Kingdom · 1 – 564
and 1 more; every state of Location unknown.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 10 BCE – 39: every state, war and life of the 10s, region by region.
- On the map in 15: 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.