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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
70
529 BCE
753 BCE
29

2. Democracy instituted atAthens
745 BCE
146 BCE
508 BCE
325

3. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
458 BCE
221 BCE
285
475 BCE

4. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
500 BCE
653 BCE
300 BCE
111 BCE

5. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
399 BCE
335
529 BCE
321 BCE

6. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
508 BCE
722 BCE
776 BCE
257 BCE

7. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
6 BCE
480 BCE
483 BCE
202 BCE

8. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
146 BCE
354
185 BCE
335

9. Rise of Persian Empire
653 BCE
600 BCE
460 BCE
323 BCE

10. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
600 BCE
653 BCE
551 BCE
660 BCE

11. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
49 BCE
325
200s
117

12. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
250 BCE
4 BCE
207 BCE
230 BCE

13. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
539 BCE
753 BCE
111 BCE
18 BCE

14. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
424 BCE
612 BCE
490 BCE
563 BCE

15. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
250 BCE
273 BCE
273 BCE
395

16. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
14
700 BCE
c. 512 BCE
273 BCE

17. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
546 BCE
232 BCE
551 BCE
280

18. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
546 BCE
321 BCE
378
49 BCE

19. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
458 BCE
550 BCE
257 BCE
586 BCE

20. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
529 BCE
c. 455
378
313

21. Defeat of Gordian III (238
490 BCE
238
399 BCE
226

22. Death of Cyrus
539 BCE
480 BCE
404 BCE
529 BCE

23. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
400 BCE
458 BCE
549 BCE
18 BCE

24. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
313
404 BCE
410
9

25. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
c. 200 BCE
220
509 BCE
257 BCE

26. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
551 BCE
563 BCE
49 BCE
549 BCE

27. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
146 BCE
280
14
300 BCE

28. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
202 BCE
230 BCE
490 BCE
776 BCE

29. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
146 BCE
549 BCE
202 BCE
745 BCE

30. completion of Euclid's Elements
722 BCE
399 BCE
551 BCE
c. 500 BCE

31. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
200 BCE
18 BCE
745 BCE
14

32. Death of Socrates
273 BCE
321 BCE
728 BCE
399 BCE

33. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
313
490 BCE
207 BCE
546 BCE

34. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
232 BCE
549 BCE
404 BCE
313

35. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
6 BCE
549 BCE
200 BCE
500 BCE

36. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
549 BCE
544 BCE
146 BCE
539 BCE

37. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
410
185 BCE
476
226

38. 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.
429 BCE
509 BCE
202 BCE
776 BCE

39. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
447 BCE
500 BCE
68
117

40. 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
335
476
9
c. 455

41. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
410
c. 512 BCE
378
200 BCE

42. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
68
192
458 BCE
4 BCE

43. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
753 BCE
207 BCE
480 BCE
c. 512 BCE

44. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
460 BCE
395
321 BCE
c. 600 BCE

45. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
c. 100 BCE
563 BCE
238
429 BCE

46. 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
544 BCE
323 BCE
563 BCE
300 BCE

47. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
305 BCE
549 BCE
6 BCE
257 BCE

48. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
404 BCE
202 BCE
525 BCE
335

49. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
544 BCE
79
700 BCE
192

50. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
9
335
238
753 BCE