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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Construction of the Parthenon
257 BCE
432 BCE
c. 500 BCE
384 BCE

2. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
79
68
424 BCE
745 BCE

3. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
323 BCE
404 BCE
202 BCE
429 BCE

4. Construction of the Parthenon
257 BCE
325
29
432 BCE

5. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
500 BCE
202 BCE
544 BCE
475 BCE

6. Rise of Persian Empire
c. 200 BCE
653 BCE
700 BCE
230 BCE

7. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
c. 512 BCE
c. 100 BCE
238
479 BCE

8. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
475 BCE
563 BCE
68
508 BCE

9. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
192
202 BCE
117
325

10. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
146 BCE
475 BCE
458 BCE
354

11. 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
460 BCE
476
238
79

12. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
238
111 BCE
331 BCE
226

13. 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.
776 BCE
185 BCE
410
529 BCE

14. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
250 BCE
257 BCE
202 BCE
480 BCE

15. 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
200 BCE
273 BCE
200s
563 BCE

16. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
331 BCE
653 BCE
490 BCE
776 BCE

17. Death of Confucius
745 BCE
469 BCE
479 BCE
653 BCE

18. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
612 BCE
146 BCE
479 BCE
300 BCE

19. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
400 BCE
226
460 BCE
722 BCE

20. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
220
221 BCE
400 BCE
354

21. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
600 BCE
c. 200 BCE
722 BCE
465 BCE

22. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
9
230 BCE
273 BCE
500 BCE

23. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
404 BCE
753 BCE
432 BCE
600 BCE

24. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
529 BCE
546 BCE
300 BCE
146 BCE

25. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
221 BCE
612 BCE
70
480 BCE

26. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
550 BCE
192
586 BCE
c. 512 BCE

27. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
354
185 BCE
539 BCE
14

28. 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.
404 BCE
221 BCE
226
18 BCE

29. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
49 BCE
508 BCE
384 BCE
220

30. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
399 BCE
313
475 BCE
612 BCE

31. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
653 BCE
192
700 BCE
429 BCE

32. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
280
70
273 BCE
321 BCE

33. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
447 BCE
476
4 BCE
424 BCE

34. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
660 BCE
479 BCE
226
429 BCE

35. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
221 BCE
550 BCE
18 BCE
232 BCE

36. Death of Cyrus
600 BCE
529 BCE
44 BCE
458 BCE

37. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
49 BCE
475 BCE
458 BCE
14

38. Rise of the Median Empire
185 BCE
728 BCE
6 BCE
9

39. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
232 BCE
660 BCE
546 BCE
753 BCE

40. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
c. 100 BCE
600 BCE
111 BCE
230 BCE

41. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
479 BCE
476
305 BCE
226

42. 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
354
600 BCE
305 BCE
476

43. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
745 BCE
529 BCE
600 BCE
326 BCE

44. Sunga Empire founded.
323 BCE
185 BCE
273 BCE
14

45. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
6 BCE
325
500 BCE
238

46. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
509 BCE
660 BCE
117
469 BCE

47. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
49 BCE
612 BCE
465 BCE
70

48. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
600 BCE
480 BCE
323 BCE
c. 500 BCE

49. Democracy instituted atAthens
18 BCE
202 BCE
508 BCE
600 BCE

50. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
44 BCE
384 BCE
29
220