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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
600 BCE
250 BCE
399 BCE
509 BCE
2. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
458 BCE
192
4 BCE
395
3. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
49 BCE
313
550 BCE
400 BCE
4. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
14
200 BCE
207 BCE
424 BCE
5. Democracy instituted atAthens
508 BCE
586 BCE
146 BCE
424 BCE
6. Birth of Aristotle
458 BCE
250 BCE
384 BCE
500 BCE
7. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
465 BCE
6 BCE
29
335
8. Death of Socrates
476
117
c. 600 BCE
399 BCE
9. Rise of the Median Empire
728 BCE
395
325
192
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.
285
200s
776 BCE
238
11. Death of Confucius
404 BCE
776 BCE
479 BCE
653 BCE
12. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
480 BCE
508 BCE
600 BCE
146 BCE
13. Death of Gautama Buddha
400 BCE
483 BCE
429 BCE
500 BCE
14. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
117
460 BCE
549 BCE
700 BCE
15. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
400 BCE
29
429 BCE
305 BCE
16. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
323 BCE
221 BCE
44 BCE
539 BCE
17. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
500 BCE
207 BCE
18 BCE
460 BCE
18. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
539 BCE
600 BCE
586 BCE
458 BCE
19. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
323 BCE
490 BCE
4 BCE
185 BCE
20. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
378
200 BCE
551 BCE
273 BCE
21. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
326 BCE
600 BCE
313
c. 200 BCE
22. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
325
c. 100 BCE
550 BCE
378
23. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
202 BCE
c. 100 BCE
335
238
24. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
c. 600 BCE
509 BCE
479 BCE
700 BCE
25. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
14
612 BCE
384 BCE
465 BCE
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
469 BCE
79
6 BCE
476
27. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
475 BCE
226
432 BCE
70
28. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
500 BCE
200 BCE
728 BCE
354
29. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
400 BCE
250 BCE
226
200 BCE
30. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
447 BCE
612 BCE
476
745 BCE
31. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
384 BCE
378
529 BCE
400 BCE
32. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
49 BCE
111 BCE
460 BCE
185 BCE
33. completion of Euclid's Elements
432 BCE
660 BCE
c. 500 BCE
221 BCE
34. Death of Confucius
447 BCE
313
479 BCE
200s
35. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
70
500 BCE
480 BCE
400 BCE
36. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
117
4 BCE
400 BCE
404 BCE
37. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
399 BCE
465 BCE
325
117
38. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
313
500 BCE
550 BCE
238
39. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
18 BCE
202 BCE
207 BCE
395
40. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
300 BCE
509 BCE
745 BCE
6 BCE
41. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
404 BCE
508 BCE
c. 500 BCE
745 BCE
42. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
335
600 BCE
c. 455
586 BCE
43. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
551 BCE
544 BCE
525 BCE
c. 600 BCE
44. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
354
600 BCE
185 BCE
192
45. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
221 BCE
612 BCE
776 BCE
207 BCE
46. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
335
483 BCE
551 BCE
424 BCE
47. Rise of the Median Empire
429 BCE
313
460 BCE
728 BCE
48. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
476
200s
745 BCE
313
49. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
c. 100 BCE
70
447 BCE
509 BCE
50. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
c. 100 BCE
207 BCE
68
354