Politics & PowerThe 1st century BCE

Politics & Power in the 1st century BCE

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged politics and power — dynasties, constitutions, revolutions and changes of regime, narrowed to the 1st century BCE — 8 of them, drawn from 8 nations, running from 100 BCE to 27 BCE. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
8
Nations
8
Earliest
100 BCE
Latest
27 BCE
Africa
3
Asia
3
Europe
2

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. c. 2nd–1st century BCEAfrica

    Ethiopia

    Transition toward Aksum

    D'mt declines and the northern highlands fragment into smaller states, out of which the Kingdom of Aksum would consolidate by the first century CE.

    Era: Cradle of Humankind and the Kingdom of D'mt

    Sources: Kingdom of Aksum · World History Encyclopedia

  2. 96 BCEAfrica

    Libya

    Cyrenaica passes to Rome

    On the death of Ptolemy Apion, Cyrenaica is bequeathed to Rome; Tripolitania likewise comes under Roman authority, opening centuries of prosperity.

    Era: Phoenician Tripolitania, Greek Cyrene and Roman Rule

    Sources: Cyrene, Libya · Wikipedia, Cyrenaica · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  3. 95–55 BCEAsia

    Armenia

    Reign of Tigranes the Great

    Tigranes II expanded Armenia until it briefly stretched from the Caspian toward the Mediterranean, taking the title 'king of kings' and making Armenia the strongest state in the Roman East before Roman armies forced his retreat.

    Era: Urartu and the Armenian Kingdom

    Sources: Tigranes II the Great, king of Armenia · Encyclopædia Britannica, Tigranes the Great · World History Encyclopedia

  4. 63 BCEAsia

    Jordan

    Pompey creates the Decapolis

    Rome's reorganisation of the East grouped Gerasa (Jerash) and neighbouring Greek-style cities into the Decapolis, a league of self-governing towns that prospered under Roman rule.

    Era: Rome, the Decapolis and Byzantine Christianity

    Sources: Jordan: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Jordan: A Country Study · Library of Congress, Federal Research Division

  5. 58 BCEAsia

    Cyprus

    Rome annexes Cyprus

    Cyprus was annexed by Rome and organised as a province; under Roman rule the island prospered, with Nea Paphos as its capital and a centre of the celebrated mosaic art later inscribed by UNESCO.

    Era: Roman and Byzantine Cyprus: An Early Christian Island

    Sources: Cyprus: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Paphos (World Heritage List, inscribed 1980) · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  6. 50 BCEEurope

    France

    Gaul becomes Roman

    Gaul is incorporated into the Roman world; Latin, Roman law and cities reshape the land.

    Era: Gaul & Rome

    Sources: France · Encyclopædia Britannica

  7. c. 29 BCEAfrica

    Tunisia

    Augustus refounds Carthage

    Carthage is rebuilt as the capital of Africa Proconsularis, a prosperous grain-exporting Roman province.

    Era: Roman Africa, Christianity & the Vandals

    Sources: Africa Proconsularis (Roman province) · UNRV Roman History, History of Tunisia · Wikipedia

  8. 27 BCEEurope

    Italy

    Augustus and the founding of the Principate

    The Senate granted Octavian the title Augustus, marking the start of the Roman Empire. As first emperor he established the Principate and ushered in the Pax Romana.

    Era: The Roman Republic and Empire

    Sources: The Principate of Augustus · World History Encyclopedia, Augustus, Roman emperor · Encyclopaedia Britannica