World Highlights in history 1 ~ 50 BC

Highlights in history 1 ~ 50 BC

Europe : Caesar crosses Rubicon, starts civil war 49
Caesar defeats Pompey, ending Republic 48
Caesar murdered on ides of March 44
Octavian wins Battle of Actium against Egypt 31
Octavian becomes Emperor Augustus 27
Livy: History of Rome 26 (-9)
Horace: Odes 25
Augustan building project includes new Forum 25 (-1)
Virgil: Aeneid 19
Water wheel in use all over Roman world c. 50
Caesar adopts Egyptian calendar of 365 days 46

Asia : King Herod rules Judaea 37 (-4)
Jesus Christ born c. 4
Strabo compiles Geography of known world c. 5

Americas : Earliest dated stele, Chiapa de Corzo, Mexico 36

Africa : Numidia in North Africa under Roman control 46
Egypt becomes a Roman province 30
Fire destroys great library at Alexandria 47

Rome's new rulers strike a special coin to celebrate the murder of Julius Caesar.