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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






2. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






3. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico






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






5. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great






6. 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






7. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






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






9. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






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






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






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






13. Birth of Socrates






14. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






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






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






17. 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






18. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






19. 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.






20. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire






21. completion of Euclid's Elements






22. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Rise of Persian Empire






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






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






32. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






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






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






35. 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






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






37. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






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.






39. Defeat of Gordian III (238






40. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






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






42. Death of Gautama Buddha






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






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






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






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






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






48. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






49. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






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