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1st century BC

(2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century - other centuries)

The 1st century BC starts on January 1, 100 BC and ends on December 31, 1 BC.

(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD)

Events:

The Roman Republic becomes the Roman Empire
birth of Jesus Christ

Significant persons:

Augustus, Roman emperor
Cicero, Roman politician and writer
Cleopatra VII of Egypt, Egyptian ruler
Horace, Roman Poet
Julius Caesar, Roman politician
Lucretius, Roman philosopher
Mark Antony, Roman politician
Ovid, Roman Poet
Virgil, Roman Poet
Spartacus, Gladiator

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