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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






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






3. Death of Gautama Buddha






4. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.






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






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






7. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






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






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






10. 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






11. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






12. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






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






14. 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.






15. Rise of Persian Empire






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






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






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






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






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






21. Birth of Aristotle






22. Sunga Empire founded.






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






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






25. Death of Cyrus






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






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






28. Murder of Xerxes






29. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent






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






31. Democracy instituted atAthens






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. completion of Euclid's Elements






41. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






42. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






43. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






44. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






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






46. Death of Confucius






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






48. 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






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






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