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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






2. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






3. Rise of Persian Empire






4. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






5. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords






6. Death of Confucius






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






8. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






9. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






10. 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.






11. Birth of Socrates






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






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






14. Han Dynasty established in China - after the death of Qin Shi Huang; China in this period officially becomes a Confucian state and opens trading connections with the West - i.e. the Silk Road






15. Death of Cyrus






16. Defeat of Gordian III (238






17. Defeat of Gordian III (238






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






19. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






20. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






21. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.






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






23. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.






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






25. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






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






27. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






28. Murder of Xerxes






29. Sunga Empire founded.






30. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






31. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords






32. Democracy instituted atAthens






33. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






34. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






35. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of






36. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






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






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






42. Sunga Empire founded.






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






44. Birth of Socrates






45. completion of Euclid's Elements






46. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






47. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






48. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.






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






50. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire