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A bust of Tiberius.
A bust of Tiberius. Didier Descouens · public domain · source

This page is about the year 1 AD. For the number, see 1 (number).

The year 1 AD (I) was a common year starting on Saturday in the Julian calendar. The year started on a Monday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the first year of the 1st century and 1st millennium.

It is one of only seven years to use just one Roman numeral. The seven are 1 AD (I), 5 AD (V), 10 AD (X), 50 AD (L), 100 AD (C), 500 AD (D), and 1000 AD (M).

At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Paullus. The denomination 1 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the main method in Europe for naming years. The year before this is 1 BC in the widely used Julian calendar.

Roman Empire

  • Tiberius, under orders of Augustus, stopped revolts in Germany (1 – 5).
  • Rome: Gaius Caesar and Lucius Aemilius Paullus became consuls, M. Herennius Picens replaces Paullus in July .
  • The poem Metamorphoses is written by Ovid.
  • The Aqua Alsietina aqueduct is made in Rome.
  • Silk appears in Rome.

Asia

  • Start of the Yuanshi era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
  • Confucius is given his first royal title (posthumous name) of Lord Bao Chengxun Ni.
  • Buddhism is introduced into China.
  • Emperor Ping of Han China’s reign begins.

Africa

  • Axum (Ethiopia) is founded (approximate date).

Americas

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

Arts and sciences

  • The poem Metamorphoses is written by Ovid.
  • Livy writes his monumental History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita).

Religion

  • Birth of Jesus as given by Dionysius Exiguus in his anno Domini era according to at least one scholar. However, most scholars think Dionysius placed the birth of Jesus in the previous year, 1 BC.

Births

  • Lucius Annaeus Gallio, Roman proconsul (d. 65)
  • Quinctilius Varus, son of Publius Quinctilius Varus and Claudia Pulchra (d. 27)
  • Pallas, Greek Freedman and political advisor (d. 65)

Deaths

  • Arshak II of Iberia, king of Iberia of the Nimrodid Dynasty
  • Herod the Great 14 Jan 1AD, king of Judea of the Herod Dynasty

Written for younger readers

1, in simpler words

This version comes from Wikijunior, a set of books written for children aged 8 to 11. It is shorter and uses plainer language than the article above.

From Wikijunior: Small Numbers

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The World in year one.
The World in year one. Javierfv1212 · public domain

Where this page comes from

The article above is adapted from “1” on Simple English Wikipedia, by its contributors. We removed reference markers, navigation boxes and tables, expanded measurement templates into readable numbers, and kept the prose otherwise intact. The simpler version is adapted from Wikijunior on Wikibooks.

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