The Annunciation of the coming birth of Jesus Christ. c. 1 BC
Birth of John the Baptist. c. 1 BC
Probable year of the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ at Bethlehem in what was then
Roman Palestine. c. 1 BC
The Circumcision of Christ eight days after his birth in accordance with Jewish law. c. 1 BC
Presentation of Jesus in the temple forty days after his birth in accordance with Jewish law. c.1 BC
The Visit of the Magi. c. 1 BC
The Flight into Egypt. c. 1 BC
The Massacre of the Innocents. c. 1 BC Herod “the Great” orders all of the male children age two and under to be killed.
Death of Herod “the Great”. c. 1 BC
Herod dies in great agony from a loathsome disease, which drove him to try to kill himself.
Herod Antipas, the son of Herod “the Great”, rules outside Judaea, in Peraea and Galilee. 1 BC-39 AD
Philip, a Herodian, rules in the northeastern areas. 1 BC-34 AD
Development of Gothic kingdom on the lower Vistula River (located in modern day Poland). c. 1 BC
Beginning of the Christian Era. 1 AD
Augustus Gaius Caesar (63 BC-14 AD) meets with Phraates V, the King of Parthia, on the Euphrates River.
Gaius Caesar concludes a peace with him. 2 AD
“Aqua Alsietina”. Roman aqueduct is built. c. 3 AD
The rule of Emperor Augustus is renewed for a ten year period. 3 AD
Joseph and Mary return from Egypt with Jesus Christ and take up residence in Nazareth. c. 4 AD
Second command of the Roman general Tiberius in Germany. 4-6 AD
Phraataces, King of Parthia, is killed. 4 AD
The crown is offered to Orodes III, King of Parthia.
Nicolaus of Damascus. Greek historian and philosopher.
“History of The World”. 15 volumes. 4 AD “Historia Universalis”. (“Universal History”). 144 volumes. Completed.
Cunobelinus (Cymbeline), king of the Catuvellauni, is recognized by the Romans as “Rex
Brittonum”, a king of Britain. 5 AD
Cymbeline reigns in Britain (5-40 AD).
Lombard tribes on the lower Elbe are defeated by Roman legions. 5 AD
Emperor Gaius Augustus.
Tired of Herodian misrule, establishes a procuratorship in Judaea. 6 AD
The Romans depose Herod Archaelaus.
Judea becomes a Roman Province.
Romans appoint a Procurator to govern Judea.
The Jewish Sanhedrin and the high priest are partially independent.
Oponius is the first Procurator of Judaea. 6-9 AD
Germanicus is sent into Germany. 7 AD
Vonones I becomes king of the Parthian Empire. 8 AD
Roman general Tiberius suppresses revolts against Roman rule in Dalmatia and Pannonia. 9 AD
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. 9 AD
The destruction of three Roman legions under Publius Quintilius Varus
during a German revolt of the Germanic tribe the Cherusci lead by Arminius in the Teutoburg Forest.
Roman Province of Pannonia is established. 9 AD Secures the Danube frontier.
Marcus Ambivulus is the second Procurator of Judaea. 9-12 AD
Artabanus II becomes ruler of Parthia. 11 AD
Germanicus.
Secures Germania Inferior (lower) and the Rhine. 11 AD
Overthrow of the Artaxiad Dynasty in Armenia by the Romans. 12 AD
Jesus Christ, age 12, is at the Temple of Jerusalem questioning the priests and the rabbis
during the feast of the Passover. 12 AD
Annius Rufus is appointed the third Procurator of the Roman province of Judaea. 12 AD
Annius Rufus is Procurator 12-15 AD