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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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






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






3. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






4. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit






5. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






6. 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.






7. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






8. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






9. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






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






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






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






13. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






14. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






15. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.






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






17. Democracy instituted atAthens






18. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






19. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






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






21. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






22. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






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






24. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






25. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






26. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






27. completion of Euclid's Elements






28. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






29. Defeat of Gordian III (238






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






31. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






32. Murder of Xerxes






33. Death of Confucius






34. 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.






35. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






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






37. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






38. Rise of Persian Empire






39. Death of Cyrus






40. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.






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






42. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






43. Rise of the Median Empire






44. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






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






46. Democracy instituted atAthens






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






48. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






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






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