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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton






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






3. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






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






5. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






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






7. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






8. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






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






10. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






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






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






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






14. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






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






16. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






17. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.






18. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






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






20. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






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






22. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






23. Democracy instituted atAthens






24. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed






25. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






26. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






27. Sunga Empire founded.






28. 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.






29. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






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






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






32. Rise of Persian Empire






33. Sunga Empire founded.






34. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton






35. Democracy instituted atAthens






36. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






37. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)






38. Rise of the Median Empire






39. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






40. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






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






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






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






44. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






45. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






46. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






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






48. Death of Cyrus






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






50. completion of Euclid's Elements