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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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






2. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






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






4. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






5. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






6. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






7. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






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






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






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






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






12. 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






13. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






14. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






15. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






16. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






17. 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.






18. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






19. Murder of Xerxes






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






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






22. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






23. Rise of Persian Empire






24. Death of Socrates






25. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






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






27. Rise of the Median Empire






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






29. Rise of Persian Empire






30. Death of Cyrus






31. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






32. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






33. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






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






35. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






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






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






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






39. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






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






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






42. Democracy instituted atAthens






43. Defeat of Gordian III (238






44. Birth of Aristotle






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






46. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






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






48. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






49. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






50. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states






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