page_title: 1st century
section_title: Significant people
hierarchical_section_title: 1st century / Significant people
caption_attribution_description: Vespasianus. Plaster cast in Pushkin museum after original in Louvre (L 1261), that was identified as modern art work and removed from collection. Cropped and color adjusted version of original image
context_page_description: The 1st century was the century AD 1 to AD 100 according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the 1st century AD or 1st century CE to distinguish it from the 1st century BC which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period.
  During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius. The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor, and founder of the Flavian dynasty. The Roman Empire generally experienced a period of prosperity and dominance in this period and the first century is remembered as part of the Empire's golden age.
  The 1st century saw the appearance of Christianity.
context_section_description: Antonia Minor, Roman noblewoman, mother of Germanicus and Claudius
  Arminius, Germanic military leader
  Augustus Caesar, first emperor of Rome
  Ban Chao, Chinese general
  Boudica, Celtic Briton leader
  Caligula, emperor of Rome
  Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general
  Livilla, Roman noblewoman
  Claudia Octavia, empress of Rome
  Claudius, emperor of Rome
  Clement I of Rome, pope of Rome
  Decebalus, king of Dacia
  Domitian, emperor of Rome
  Galba, emperor of Rome
  Gan Ying, Chinese ambassador to Rome
  Germanicus, Roman general
  Guangwu of Han, emperor of China
  Heraios, Kushan chieftain
  Hillel the Elder, Jewish religious leader
  Ignatius of Antioch, bishop of Antioch
  James the Just, Christian apostle
  Jesus of Nazareth
  John the Apostle, Christian apostle
  John the Baptist, religious prophet of Christianity and Islam
  Julia Agrippina, empress of Rome, mother of Nero
  Kujula Kadphises, Kushan ruler
  Livia Drusilla, first empress of Rome
  Ma Yuan, Chinese general
  Ming of Han, Chinese emperor
  Nero Claudius Caesar (Nero), emperor of Rome
  Marcus Cocceius Nerva, emperor of Rome
  Marcus Salvius Otho, emperor of Rome
  Nedum Cheralathan, king of the Chera dynasty in southern india
  Paul of Tarsus, Christian apostle
  Publius Quinctilius Varus, Roman general
  Peter, Simon, Christian apostle, first pope of Rome
  Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna
  Pontius Pilate, Roman procurator of Judea
  Lucius Aelius Seianus, Roman statesman
  Thomas the Apostle, Christian apostle
  Tiberius, emperor of Rome
  Titus, emperor of Rome
  Trajan, emperor of Rome
  Trung Sisters, Vietnamese rebel leaders
  Vespasian, emperor of Rome
  Vitellius, emperor of Rome
  Valeria Messalina, empress of Rome
  Vipsania Agrippina Major, Roman noblewoman, mother of Caligula
  Wang Mang, Chinese official, founding emperor of the short-lived Xin dynasty
  Yax Ehb Xook, 1st dinastic ruler of Tikal
  Yuan An, Chinese statesman
  Zhang of Han, emperor of China
caption: Vespasian
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