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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
331 BCE
500 BCE
18 BCE
44 BCE

2. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
354
432 BCE
509 BCE
14

3. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
c. 600 BCE
44 BCE
202 BCE
563 BCE

4. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
550 BCE
479 BCE
285
586 BCE

5. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
207 BCE
18 BCE
c. 600 BCE
257 BCE

6. Birth of Aristotle
551 BCE
546 BCE
384 BCE
117

7. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
500 BCE
458 BCE
475 BCE
117

8. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
331 BCE
600 BCE
551 BCE
9

9. 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
563 BCE
404 BCE
335
14

10. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
563 BCE
429 BCE
776 BCE
285

11. 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.
483 BCE
776 BCE
500 BCE
490 BCE

12. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
9
447 BCE
700 BCE
273 BCE

13. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
549 BCE
395
335
313

14. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
c. 500 BCE
68
600 BCE
250 BCE

15. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
776 BCE
c. 100 BCE
280
429 BCE

16. Death of Cyrus
539 BCE
776 BCE
529 BCE
257 BCE

17. Murder of Xerxes
465 BCE
700 BCE
326 BCE
207 BCE

18. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
44 BCE
c. 100 BCE
331 BCE
476

19. Birth of Socrates
600 BCE
331 BCE
285
469 BCE

20. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
c. 512 BCE
660 BCE
549 BCE
490 BCE

21. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
447 BCE
551 BCE
68
300 BCE

22. Birth of Aristotle
232 BCE
490 BCE
480 BCE
384 BCE

23. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
509 BCE
221 BCE
776 BCE
460 BCE

24. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
18 BCE
321 BCE
9
700 BCE

25. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
79
479 BCE
475 BCE
70

26. Death of Cyrus
546 BCE
529 BCE
404 BCE
384 BCE

27. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
354
551 BCE
399 BCE
c. 600 BCE

28. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
257 BCE
551 BCE
326 BCE
238

29. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
6 BCE
c. 600 BCE
460 BCE
700 BCE

30. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
469 BCE
250 BCE
238
600 BCE

31. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
480 BCE
539 BCE
326 BCE
29

32. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
238
285
354
400 BCE

33. Death of Socrates
660 BCE
399 BCE
4 BCE
745 BCE

34. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
653 BCE
432 BCE
202 BCE
321 BCE

35. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
753 BCE
378
326 BCE
476

36. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
612 BCE
728 BCE
146 BCE
321 BCE

37. Death of Gautama Buddha
728 BCE
776 BCE
508 BCE
483 BCE

38. 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
722 BCE
305 BCE
429 BCE

39. 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
469 BCE
660 BCE
753 BCE
563 BCE

40. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
551 BCE
509 BCE
c. 600 BCE
728 BCE

41. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
111 BCE
250 BCE
660 BCE
600 BCE

42. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
612 BCE
325
384 BCE
117

43. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
395
192
378
273 BCE

44. Death of Confucius
c. 500 BCE
384 BCE
479 BCE
c. 600 BCE

45. completion of Euclid's Elements
29
458 BCE
483 BCE
c. 500 BCE

46. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
509 BCE
323 BCE
549 BCE
490 BCE

47. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
285
612 BCE
185 BCE
400 BCE

48. 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.
586 BCE
44 BCE
68
305 BCE

49. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
192
29
c. 500 BCE
300 BCE

50. Rise of the Median Empire
653 BCE
728 BCE
509 BCE
544 BCE