The world in 1

Germanic tribes in Europe in 1.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Tiberius, under order of Augustus, quells revolts in Germania (1–5).

• Gaius Caesar and Lucius Aemilius Paullus are appointed consuls.

• Gaius Caesar marries Livilla, daughter of Antonia Minor and Nero Claudius Drusus, in an effort to gain prestige.

• Quirinius becomes a chief advisor to Gaius in Armenia. Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus whose father Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus had served as consul in 16 BC also serves in the Armenia campaigns.

• The Aqua Alsietina aqueduct is constructed.

• Silk appears in Rome.

• Areius Paianeius becomes Archon of Athens.

Asia

• Start of the Yuanshi era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.

• Confucius is given his first royal title (posthumous name) of Lord Baochengxun Ni.

• Emperor Ping of Han China begins his reign and Wang Mang is re-instated as regent by Grand Empress Dowager Wang.

• Former regent Dong Xian commits suicide.

• Sapadbizes, Yuezhi prince and King of Kush (Bactria), dies. Heraios succeeds him as king.

Africa

• Kingdom of Aksum, centered in modern day Ethiopia and Eritrea, is founded (approximate date).

• Amanishakheto Queen of Kush (Nubia) dies. Her son, Natakamani, becomes King of Kush.

Americas

• Moxos ceases to be a significant religious area in South America (approximate date).

By topic

Arts and sciences

• The poem Metamorphoses is written by Ovid.

• Livy writes his monumental History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita).

Religion

• Alleged birth of Jesus, as assigned by Dionysius Exiguus in his anno Domini era according to at least one scholar.Georges Declercq, Anno Domini: The origins of the Christian Era (Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2000), pp.143–147.G. Declercq, "Dionysius Exiguus and the introduction of the Christian Era", Sacris Erudiri 41 (2002) 165–246, pp.242–246. Annotated version of a portion of Anno Domini. However, most scholars think Dionysius placed the birth of Jesus in the previous year, 1 BC. Despite this, most modern scholars do not consider Dionysius' calculations authoritative, placing the event several years earlier (see Chronology of Jesus).

• Buddhism is introduced into China.

Births

• Lucius Annaeus Gallio, Roman proconsul (d. 65)

• Quinctilius Varus, son of Publius Quinctilius Varus and Claudia Pulchra (d. c. 27)

• Pallas, Greek Freedman and political advisor (d. 65)

Deaths

• Gaius Meng, commentarierer and part of the Sierrdia expedition (b. 35 BC)