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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Construction of the Parthenon






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






3. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






4. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






5. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire






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






7. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






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






9. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






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






11. Construction of the Parthenon






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






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






18. 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






19. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.






20. 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.






21. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






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






23. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






24. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






25. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






26. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






27. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






28. Democracy instituted atAthens






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






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






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






32. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






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






34. 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






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






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






37. Death of Confucius






38. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






39. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






40. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






41. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






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






43. Democracy instituted atAthens






44. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






45. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






46. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






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






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






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






50. Birth of Socrates