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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






2. Death of Gautama Buddha






3. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela






4. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






5. Death of Socrates






6. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






7. Democracy instituted atAthens






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






9. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






10. Murder of Xerxes






11. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






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






13. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






14. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico






15. Sunga Empire founded.






16. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan






17. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.






18. Birth of Socrates






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






20. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






21. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






22. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






23. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.






24. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought






25. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






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






28. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






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






30. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






31. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.






32. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






33. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states






34. Death of Confucius






35. Chandragupta Maurya seizes the satrapies of Paropanisadai (Kabul) - Aria (Herat) - Arachosia (Qanadahar) and Gedrosia (Baluchistan)from Seleucus I Nicator - the Macedonian satrap of Babylonia - in return for 500 elephants.






36. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire






37. Rise of Persian Empire






38. Rise of the Median Empire






39. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






40. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






41. Defeat of Gordian III (238






42. Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) - founder of Buddhism is born as a prince of the Shakya tribe - which ruled parts of Magadha - one of the Maha Janapadas






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






44. Qin Shi Huang unifies China - end of Warring States Period; marking the beginning of Imperial rule in China which lasts until 1912. Construction of the Great Wall by the Qin Dynasty begins.






45. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






46. Democracy instituted atAthens






47. Death of Cyrus






48. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat






49. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great






50. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece