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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
612 BCE
653 BCE
458 BCE
586 BCE
2. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
321 BCE
400 BCE
220
509 BCE
3. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
323 BCE
221 BCE
c. 600 BCE
335
4. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
230 BCE
313
79
563 BCE
5. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
185 BCE
776 BCE
68
207 BCE
6. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
550 BCE
300 BCE
546 BCE
202 BCE
7. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
399 BCE
395
509 BCE
c. 100 BCE
8. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
586 BCE
500 BCE
285
68
9. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
660 BCE
745 BCE
200s
544 BCE
10. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
424 BCE
529 BCE
321 BCE
326 BCE
11. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
653 BCE
551 BCE
490 BCE
331 BCE
12. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
230 BCE
323 BCE
192
221 BCE
13. 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.
280
776 BCE
4 BCE
280
14. 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.
230 BCE
305 BCE
202 BCE
200 BCE
15. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
285
539 BCE
238
745 BCE
16. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
399 BCE
c. 500 BCE
429 BCE
563 BCE
17. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
539 BCE
49 BCE
325
753 BCE
18. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
226
146 BCE
9
14
19. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
285
14
325
200 BCE
20. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
111 BCE
325
660 BCE
111 BCE
21. Death of Gautama Buddha
232 BCE
483 BCE
550 BCE
529 BCE
22. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
221 BCE
c. 500 BCE
745 BCE
18 BCE
23. Construction of the Parthenon
111 BCE
221 BCE
563 BCE
432 BCE
24. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
480 BCE
395
c. 600 BCE
c. 512 BCE
25. 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
465 BCE
483 BCE
476
549 BCE
26. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
c. 500 BCE
280
230 BCE
300 BCE
27. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
257 BCE
207 BCE
563 BCE
49 BCE
28. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
400 BCE
44 BCE
700 BCE
c. 200 BCE
29. Sunga Empire founded.
313
185 BCE
460 BCE
479 BCE
30. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
232 BCE
500 BCE
400 BCE
410
31. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
c. 200 BCE
460 BCE
c. 100 BCE
475 BCE
32. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
475 BCE
400 BCE
612 BCE
4 BCE
33. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
544 BCE
111 BCE
325
424 BCE
34. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
192
79
c. 512 BCE
79
35. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
399 BCE
220
335
563 BCE
36. Death of Cyrus
6 BCE
753 BCE
529 BCE
500 BCE
37. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
280
424 BCE
221 BCE
202 BCE
38. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
378
273 BCE
18 BCE
753 BCE
39. Death of Gautama Buddha
273 BCE
460 BCE
483 BCE
c. 600 BCE
40. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
378
460 BCE
14
612 BCE
41. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
490 BCE
6 BCE
14
400 BCE
42. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
220
728 BCE
653 BCE
753 BCE
43. Rise of Persian Empire
509 BCE
9
728 BCE
653 BCE
44. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
200 BCE
321 BCE
6 BCE
465 BCE
45. 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
490 BCE
563 BCE
700 BCE
331 BCE
46. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
9
285
202 BCE
586 BCE
47. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
600 BCE
546 BCE
117
424 BCE
48. Death of Socrates
326 BCE
600 BCE
399 BCE
378
49. 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.
546 BCE
6 BCE
469 BCE
776 BCE
50. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
476
313
600 BCE
424 BCE