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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






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






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






4. Birth of Socrates






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






6. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






7. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






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






9. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






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






11. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire






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






13. Construction of the Parthenon






14. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.






15. Defeat of Gordian III (238






16. Death of Confucius






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






18. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






19. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






20. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






21. 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.






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






23. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






24. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






25. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






26. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






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






28. Birth of Socrates






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






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






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






32. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






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






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






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






36. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






37. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






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






39. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






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






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






42. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.






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






44. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






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






46. Death of Gautama Buddha






47. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






48. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






49. 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.






50. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth







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