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| Millennia: | 1st millennium BC |
| Centuries: | 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century AD |
| Decades: | 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC - 0s BC - 0s AD 10s AD 20s AD |
| Years: | 9 BC 8 BC 7 BC 6 BC 5 BC 4 BC 3 BC 2 BC 1 BC |
| Categories: | Births - Deaths - State leaders - Sovereign states Establishments - Disestablishments |
This article concerns the period 9 BC – 1 BC, the last nine years of the 1st century BC. Note that there is no year zero (0) in either the proleptic Gregorian calendar or Julian calendar. Hence 1 BC is followed by the year AD 1.
AD 1 is the first year of the Anno Domini era and of the Common Era. In 525 (the consulship of Probus Junior [Flavius Probus]), a Christian monk named Dionysius Exiguus stated that the incarnation of Jesus occurred 525 years earlier.[1] Whether Dionysius regarded "incarnation" as Jesus' birth or conception, and whether Dionysius placed it in 1 BC or AD 1 are debated by modern scholars. Nevertheless, these same scholars believe Jesus was actually born a few years earlier, during this decade.
Events and trends
- Mithradatkirt, the Parthian capital, is totally destroyed by an earthquake sometime in this decade.
Significant people
- Caesar Augustus, Roman Emperor (27 BC – AD 14)
- Jesus, central figure of Christianity (8-2 BC – AD 29-36)
- Arminius, German war chief
References
- ^ Nineteen Year Cycle of Dionysius First Argumentum.
