100–51
B.C.
Julius Caesar (100–44
B.C.) invades
Britain
(55 B.C.) and conquers
Gaul
(
France
) (c. 50 B.C.). Spartacus leads
slave revolt against
Rome
(71 B.C.). Romans conquer Seleucid empire. Roman general Pompey
conquers
Jerusalem
(63 B.C.). Cleopatra on Egyptian
throne (51–31 B.C.).
Chinese develop use of paper (c. 100 B.C.). Virgil, Roman poet (70–19
B.C.). Horace, Roman poet (65–8
B.C.).