The year 1 AD ( I ) was a common year starting on Saturday ^[1] in the Julian calendar . The year started on a Monday ^[2] 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.

Events [ change | change source ]

By place [ change | change source ]

Roman Empire [ change | change source ]

• 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 Alsienta aqueduct is made in Rome .
• Silk appears in Rome . ^[3]

Asia [ change | change source ]

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

Africa [ change | change source ]

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

Americas [ change | change source ]

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

By topic [ change | change source ]

Arts and sciences [ change | change source ]

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

Religion [ change | change source ]

• Birth of Jesus as given by Dionysius Exiguus in his anno Domini era according to at least one scholar. ^{[4] [5]} However, most scholars think Dionysius placed the birth of Jesus in the previous year, 1 BC . ^{[4] [5]}

Births [ change | change source ]

• 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 [ change | change source ]

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

References [ change | change source ]

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