AD 1

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AD 1 (I), 1 AD or 1 CE is the epoch year for the Anno Domini calendar era. It was a common year starting on Saturday or Sunday,^{[note 1]} a common year starting on Saturday by the proleptic Julian calendar, and a common year starting on Monday by the proleptic Gregorian calendar. In its time, year 1 was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Paullus, named after Roman consuls Gaius Caesar and Lucius Aemilius Paullus, and less frequently, as year 754 AUC (ab urbe condita) within the Roman Empire. The denomination "AD 1" for this year has been in consistent use since the mid-medieval period when the anno Domini (AD) calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. It was the beginning of the Christian/Common era. The preceding year is 1 BC; there is no year 0 in this numbering scheme.

The Julian calendar, which replaced the Roman calendar in 45 BC, was the calendar used by Rome in AD 1.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Tiberius, under order of Augustus, quells revolts in Germania (AD 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 BCE, also serves in the Armenia campaigns.
• Areius Paianeius becomes Archon of Athens.

Asia

• Confucius is given his first royal title (posthumous name) of Lord Baochengxun Ni.
• Sapadbizes, Yuezhi prince and King of Kush (Bactria), dies. Heraios succeeds him as king.

Africa

• The 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).
• The Teotihuacan culture in Mesoamerica begins (approximate date).
• The Olmec 2 phase of the Olmec civilization begins; San Lorenzo and La Venta grow in population.

By topic

Arts and sciences

• The poem Metamorphoses is written by Ovid.

Religion

• Birth of Jesus, as assigned by Dionysius Exiguus in his anno Domini era according to at least one scholar.^[1][2] However, most scholars think Dionysius placed the birth of Jesus in the previous year, 1 BC.^[1][2] Furthermore, most modern scholars do not consider Dionysius' calculations authoritative, placing the event several years earlier (see Chronology of Jesus).^[3]

Births

• Lucius Annaeus Gallio, Roman proconsul (d. 65)
• Quinctilius Varus, son of Publius Quinctilius Varus and Claudia Pulchra (d. c. 27)

Deaths

• Arshak II of Iberia, king of Iberia of the Nimrodid Dynasty
• Sapadbizes, king of the Kushan Empire
• Amanishakheto, Queen of Kush

References

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Footnotes