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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






2. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






3. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






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






5. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






6. Rise of the Median Empire






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






8. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






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






10. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia






11. Rise of Persian Empire






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






13. Sunga Empire founded.






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






15. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






16. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






17. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords






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






19. 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.






20. Death of Gautama Buddha






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






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






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






24. Death of Socrates






25. Construction of the Parthenon






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






27. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






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






29. 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.






30. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






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






32. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






33. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






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






35. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






36. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






37. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






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






39. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






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






41. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne






42. Death of Socrates






43. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.






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






45. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






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






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






48. Democracy instituted atAthens






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






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