first-century

Early Common Era

First-century describes something belonging to or occurring in the years 1–100 CE, the earliest century of the Common Era.

The term appears most often in historical and religious contexts: first-century Rome, first-century Christianity, a first-century manuscript.

The hyphen is standard when used as an adjective before a noun.

historical

Roman Empire

Ancient state from Augustus onward

Pax Romana · Mediterranean · provincial · imperial · legions · senate · Augustus · Tiberius · Nero · Titus

religious

Christianity

Faith based on Jesus

resurrection · early church · disciples · Paul · Peter · gospels · epistles · New Testament · Judaism · Second Temple

geographic

Jerusalem

Triply sacred ancient capital

Corinth · Ephesus · Judea · Galilee · Palestine · Asia Minor · Greece · Egypt · Syria · Mesopotamia

scholarly

archaeology

Study of physical remnants

dating · historiography · primary sources · Tacitus · Pliny · Seneca · epigraphy · numismatics · papyri · scrolls

Opposites
temporal distance from common era origin

first-centurymodern-day

Of the present era

contemporary · present-day · current · twentieth-century · future

historical epoch character

first-centurymodern

Of recent times

contemporary · postmodern · space-age · futuristic · digital age

Family

first, century, firstly, centuries

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