1st Century Western History


	The 1st Century CE	000s CE

00s - 27BC-14 Augustus 9 Battle of Teutoburger Forest, 3 legions destroyed and province of Germania abandoned.	10s - 27BC-14 Augustus 14-37 Tiberius After extensive travels and studies of other geographies, Strabo completes his Geography
20s - 14-37 Tiberius	30s - 14-37 Tiberius 37-41 Caligula 30 Crucifixion of Jesus 36 conversion of Apostle Paul (Saul)
40s - 37-41 Caligula 41-54 Claudius 40 Hellenistic Jewish philosopher Philo represents the Alexandrian Jews in a delegation to the Roman emperor Caligula following civil strife between the Jewish and Greek communities of Alexandria 43 Roman army of 20K invades Britain. Once their position is secure, Emperor Claudius crosses the channel with reinforcements, including elephants, and stages a victorious battle, returns to Rome triumphant 45-48 First missionary journey, Paul & Barnabas 48 Council of the Apostles at Jerusalem 49-52 Second missionary journey	50s 41-54 Claudius 54-68 Nero 49-52 2nd missionary journey of Paul (1st & 2nd letters to Thessalonians) 54-58 Third missionary journey of Paul (letters to Galatians, Corinthians, & Romans) 58-60 Paul imprisoned at Caesarea, held for ransom
60s 54-68 A descendent of Augustus and adopted son of Claudius Nero's reign began well but declined 68-69 Four Emperors vie to replace Nero 68-69 Galba 69 Otho 69 Vitellius 69-79 Vespasian 60-61 Paul's Journey to Rome (letters to Philippians, Ephesians and Colossians) 61 Britons revolt under female leader Boudica, who liberates several cities, slaughtering many Romans. Suetonius w/ 10K soldiers crushes revolt 64 Paul beheaded, Apostle Peter crucified 65 Seneca (Famous Stoic & Nero's minister forced to commit suicide) 66 1st Jewish revolt against Rome	70s c. 70s Josephus' The Jewish War 70 Conquest of Jerusalem results in the destruction of the rebuilt Temple 73 W/the revolt crushed, Jewish diaspora begins 69-79 Vespasian beccomes the st emperor of the Flavian Dynasty after Nero's suicide. 79-81 Titus succeeds his father Vespasian 79 Eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroys and buries Pompei and Herculaneum
80s 79-81 Titus 81-96 Domitian succeeds his older brother Titus 81 Persecution of Christians in the empire Gospel of Luke written sometime in this or following decade.	90s c. 90s Historian and moral philosopher Plutarch (c.46-119) begins writing his biographical Parallel Lives in which he compared Greeks with Romans. Plutarch was a student of Ammonius in Athens and became a Roman citizen, but he was born in Chaeronea where he served as an archon and a priest of the nearby Temple of Apollo. 81-96 Domitian The 96-98 Nerva 98-117 Trajan