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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






2. 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






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






4. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






5. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






6. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






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






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






9. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






10. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire






11. Death of Socrates






12. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






13. 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.






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






15. Birth of Socrates






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






17. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






18. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.






19. Death of Socrates






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. 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






25. Death of Cyrus






26. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.






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






28. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






29. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians






30. completion of Euclid's Elements






31. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






32. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






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






34. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.






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






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






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






38. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






39. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






40. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.






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






42. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






43. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






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






45. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






46. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






47. Death of Gautama Buddha






48. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






49. Construction of the Parthenon






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






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