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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.






2. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ






3. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






4. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






5. Democracy instituted atAthens






6. Birth of Aristotle






7. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






8. Death of Socrates






9. Rise of the Median Empire






10. First recorded Olympic Games. The history of the Games is believed to reach as far back as the 13th century BCE but no older written record survives.






11. Death of Confucius






12. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






13. Death of Gautama Buddha






14. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






15. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed






16. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great






17. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton






18. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization






19. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon






20. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






21. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






22. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






23. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






24. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)






25. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne






26. Romulus Augustus - last Western Roman Emperor is forced to abdicate by Odoacer - a chieftain of the Germanic Heruli; Odoacer returns the imperial regalia to Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno in Constantinople in return for the title of dux of Italy; most fr






27. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.






28. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






29. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.






30. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire






31. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






32. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






33. completion of Euclid's Elements






34. Death of Confucius






35. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis






36. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






37. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






38. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






39. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






40. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






41. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire






42. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






43. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






44. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization






45. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.






46. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






47. Rise of the Median Empire






48. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.






49. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






50. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.