Other Considerations

10 to 1 BC
Herod the Great has the first large harbor constructed in the open sea built to support his new town of Caesarea Palestinae (near present-day Haifa); the harbor is constructed of giant blocks of concrete poured into wooden forms.

50 to 59 AD
Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundrus) b Novum Comum (Como, Italy) 23 AD, writes "Naturalis historia" (History of nature), a work of 37 volumes summarizing all that is known in his time about astronomy, geography, and zoology; taken entirely from secondary sources, many legendary monsters are treated as real.

60 to 69AD
The Alexandrian Greek Hero (also known as Heron, b about 20 AD) builds a toy that is powered by steam, using jets of steam to turn a kettle; there is apparently no idea of putting it to practical use.

70 to 79 AD
Pliny the Elder d 79 of asphyxiation while observing an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy.