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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
539 BCE
c. 100 BCE
250 BCE
111 BCE

2. 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
257 BCE
479 BCE
563 BCE
192

3. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
722 BCE
331 BCE
202 BCE
480 BCE

4. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
185 BCE
458 BCE
700 BCE
500 BCE

5. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
653 BCE
653 BCE
230 BCE
9

6. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
285
544 BCE
305 BCE
c. 512 BCE

7. Han Dynasty established in China - after the death of Qin Shi Huang; China in this period officially becomes a Confucian state and opens trading connections with the West - i.e. the Silk Road
728 BCE
202 BCE
745 BCE
612 BCE

8. Construction of the Parthenon
305 BCE
539 BCE
432 BCE
475 BCE

9. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
202 BCE
325
525 BCE
285

10. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
500 BCE
185 BCE
185 BCE
335

11. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
226
146 BCE
192
549 BCE

12. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
c. 512 BCE
600 BCE
469 BCE
111 BCE

13. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
483 BCE
257 BCE
722 BCE
202 BCE

14. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
722 BCE
745 BCE
660 BCE
404 BCE

15. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
44 BCE
323 BCE
226
660 BCE

16. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
354
469 BCE
49 BCE
192

17. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
c. 512 BCE
111 BCE
480 BCE
490 BCE

18. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
429 BCE
6 BCE
300 BCE
18 BCE

19. Death of Confucius
600 BCE
479 BCE
700 BCE
700 BCE

20. Rise of Persian Empire
226
424 BCE
653 BCE
660 BCE

21. Rise of the Median Empire
728 BCE
525 BCE
313
305 BCE

22. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
546 BCE
509 BCE
551 BCE
4 BCE

23. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
70
776 BCE
458 BCE
476

24. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
753 BCE
460 BCE
44 BCE
202 BCE

25. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
4 BCE
70
400 BCE
700 BCE

26. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
226
544 BCE
146 BCE
404 BCE

27. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
111 BCE
14
49 BCE
509 BCE

28. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
480 BCE
476
232 BCE
c. 200 BCE

29. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
192
c. 512 BCE
325
544 BCE

30. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
722 BCE
9
4 BCE
280

31. Death of Gautama Buddha
14
483 BCE
280
600 BCE

32. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
600 BCE
331 BCE
14
728 BCE

33. 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.
313
745 BCE
776 BCE
49 BCE

34. 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.
479 BCE
776 BCE
509 BCE
111 BCE

35. 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
600 BCE
221 BCE
476
335

36. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
285
354
79
146 BCE

37. Death of Confucius
745 BCE
c. 455
479 BCE
384 BCE

38. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
226
326 BCE
79
728 BCE

39. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
378
586 BCE
525 BCE
44 BCE

40. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
612 BCE
220
660 BCE
429 BCE

41. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
221 BCE
400 BCE
238
29

42. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
447 BCE
395
44 BCE
458 BCE

43. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
753 BCE
460 BCE
549 BCE
500 BCE

44. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
410
226
c. 455
745 BCE

45. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
325
500 BCE
753 BCE
404 BCE

46. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
c. 600 BCE
490 BCE
728 BCE
753 BCE

47. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
238
111 BCE
476
18 BCE

48. Death of Cyrus
529 BCE
550 BCE
c. 100 BCE
326 BCE

49. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
321 BCE
226
c. 100 BCE
c. 600 BCE

50. completion of Euclid's Elements
410
c. 500 BCE
200 BCE
221 BCE