https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius
10BC-0801 - Claudius* Roman emperor (41-54) - Lugdunum, Gaul (54/63)
Here you have birth dates for people born before the year 1000. The birth dates tend to be not-exact, and often lack other identifying information. This article will later on most probably be divided into centuries, but for now this will do. These years here are mainly to give some historical perspective, and at the same time list some of the most well-known people born in those very distant times. To be updated on a continual basis.
The Roman emperors in succession (*start year):
Caligula(37) - Claudius(41) - Nero(54) - Vespasian(69) - Titus(79) - Domitian(81) - Trajan(98) - Hadrian(117) - Antoninus Pius(138) - Marcus Aurelius(161)/Lucius Verus(161) - Commodus(177) - Pertinax(193) - Didius Julianus(193) - Septimius Severus(193)
9-1117 Vespasian* Roman emperor (69-79) - Falacrina, Italia (79/69)
35-xxxx Pope Clement I* a.k.a. Saint Clement/considered a patron saint of mariners - Rome, Roman Empire (99/c.63)
37-1215 Nero* Roman emperor (54-68) - Antium, Italia (68/30)
39-1230 Titus* Roman emperor (79-81)/son of Vespasian - Rome, Roman Empire (81/41)
40-0613 Gnaeus Julius Agricola* Gallo-Roman general/completed the Roman conquest of Britain - Forum Julii, Gallia Narbonensis, Roman Empire (93/53)
43
In the year 43, the Romans invaded Britain (during the reign of Emperor Claudius).
51-1024 Domitian* Roman emperor (81-96)/son of Vespasian - Rome, Roman Empire (96/44)
53-0918 Trajan* Roman emperor (98-117)/presided over the greatest military expansion in Roman history/philanthropist - Italica, Hispania Baetica (117/63)
76-0124 Hadrian* Roman emperor (117-138) - Italica, Hispania (138/62)
In the year AD 79, the Roman city of Pompeii is buried under volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius (Aug 24), the Roman Gnaeus Julius Agricola campaigns in Britain, enters Caledonia (Scotland), but is resisted by the natives.
79-xxxx Emperor He of the Han Dynasty - China (105/)
86-0919 Antoninus Pius* Roman emperor (138-161)/adopted by Hadrian - near Lanuvium, Italy (161/74)
100s: Lions become extinct in the Balkans
In the year 100, bricks become the primary building material in the Roman Empire, Emperor Trajan and Sextus Julius Frontinus become Roman Consuls, paper is used by the general populace in China, starting around this time, the wheelbarrow makes its first appearances in China - and all these fine people were born:
0xx Dionysius the Areopagite* Διονύσιος ὁ Ἀρεοπαγίτης the first Christian Bishop of Athens/judge at the Areopagus Court - Athens (0xx)
100-xxxx Marcus Cornelius Fronto* Roman grammarian/ rhetorician/advocate - Cirta, Numidia (late 160s)
101 Herodes Atticus* Greco-Roman politician/sophist/Roman senator - Marathon, Greece (177/76)
101-0113 Lucius Aelius* adopted by Hadrian but died before him - (138/36)
121-0426 Marcus Aurelius* Roman emperor (161-180)/philosopher/the last emperor of Pax Romana - Rome, Roman Empire (180/58)
126-0801 Pertinax* military leader/Roman Emperor (193)/assassinated - Alba Pompeia, Italia (193/66)
130-1215 Lucius Verus* Roman emperor (161-169) together with Marcus Aurelius/son of Lucius Aelius - Rome, Roman Empire (169/38)
133 or 137 Didius Julianus* Roman emperor (193) after buying the throne/assassinated - Milan, Italia (193/56or60)
145-0411 Septimius Severus* Roman emperor (193-211)/strengthened the Hadrian Wall in Britain - Leptis Magna, Africa (211/65)
161-0931 Commodus* Roman emperor (177-192)son of Marcus Aurelius - Lanuvium, near Rome, Roman Empire (192/31)
In the year 200, the Classic Age of Maya civilization begins
200-xxx Marcus Claudius Tacitus* Roman emperor (275-276) - Interamna, Italia (276/76)
225-1231 Saint Lawrence* one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome who were martyred in the persecution of the Christians that the Roman Emperor Valerian ordered in 258 - Valencia, Hispania (258/32)
232-0819 c Probus* Roman emperor (276-282)/son of Dalmatius - Sirmium, Pannonia Inferior (282/50)
240-c Sporus of Nicaea* Greek mathematician/astronomer - Nicaea, Bithynia (today Iznik, Turkey) - (c.300/c.60)
240-c Zenobia* queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria - Palmyra, Syria (274/c.34)
241-c Cao Mao* the fourth emperor of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China - China (260/18)
242-c Saloninus* Roman emperor/son of Gallienus - Roman Empire (260/18)
243-1222 Diocletian* Roman Emperor - Salona, Roman Empire (today Solin, Croatia) (311/67). Year of birth 243-245
250 Maximian* Roman emperor from 286 to 305 - Sirmium, Pannonia Inferior (in present day Serbia) (c.310/c.60)
270-0315 Saint Nicholas* Christian bishop/his legendary habit of secret gift-giving gave rise to the traditional model of Santa Claus (“Saint Nick”) - Patara, Roman Empire (343/73)
270-280 Saint George* of Greek origin/member of the Praetorian Guard for Roman emperor Diocletian/one of the most venerated saints and megalomartyrs in Christianity - Cappadocia (303/c.30)
In the year 300, the city of Split is founded, the Franks penetrate into what is now northern Belgium, the Mayan civilization reaches its peak, the magnetic compass for navigation is invented in China.
331-xxxx Jovian* Roman emperor (363-364) who reestablished Christianity as the state church - Singidunum (modern Belgrade) (364/33)
In the year 340, three brothers (Constans I, Constantius II and Constantine II) share the Roman Empire, but soon Constans I becomes the sole ruler of the Western Roman Empire (with Rome as its capital) and Constantius II of the Eastern Roman Empire with Constantinople as its capital, now the largest city in the world.
c 350 Plutarch of Athens* Greek philosopher/Neoplatonist (430/c.80)
360 John Cassian* Christian monk/theologian - Scythia Minor (c.435/c.75)
476 Aryabhata* mathematician/astronomer/ discoverer of zero - Kusumapura, India(550)
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Updated 22.8.2021
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