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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
250 BCE
429 BCE
207 BCE
480 BCE

2. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
4 BCE
612 BCE
326 BCE
500 BCE

3. 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.
117
305 BCE
458 BCE
500 BCE

4. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
700 BCE
c. 100 BCE
586 BCE
500 BCE

5. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
70
331 BCE
354
185 BCE

6. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
232 BCE
384 BCE
525 BCE
49 BCE

7. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
192
500 BCE
285
525 BCE

8. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
551 BCE
305 BCE
550 BCE
321 BCE

9. Democracy instituted atAthens
612 BCE
508 BCE
460 BCE
6 BCE

10. 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.
4 BCE
458 BCE
753 BCE
776 BCE

11. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
111 BCE
600 BCE
475 BCE
c. 455

12. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
400 BCE
79
399 BCE
586 BCE

13. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
280
250 BCE
c. 600 BCE
14

14. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
18 BCE
600 BCE
111 BCE
490 BCE

15. Death of Cyrus
476
c. 600 BCE
529 BCE
525 BCE

16. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
745 BCE
469 BCE
563 BCE
238

17. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
14
544 BCE
700 BCE
500 BCE

18. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
c. 200 BCE
429 BCE
238
550 BCE

19. 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.
480 BCE
14
202 BCE
221 BCE

20. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
753 BCE
490 BCE
404 BCE
480 BCE

21. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
400 BCE
539 BCE
458 BCE
465 BCE

22. Death of Socrates
18 BCE
539 BCE
458 BCE
399 BCE

23. Sunga Empire founded.
458 BCE
185 BCE
49 BCE
550 BCE

24. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
326 BCE
395
44 BCE
500 BCE

25. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
18 BCE
549 BCE
728 BCE
745 BCE

26. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
4 BCE
146 BCE
18 BCE
323 BCE

27. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
600 BCE
220
776 BCE
226

28. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
500 BCE
546 BCE
220
700 BCE

29. 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
525 BCE
460 BCE
476
700 BCE

30. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
117
331 BCE
257 BCE
220

31. Rise of Persian Empire
202 BCE
c. 200 BCE
221 BCE
653 BCE

32. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
321 BCE
404 BCE
300 BCE
18 BCE

33. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
335
447 BCE
479 BCE
273 BCE

34. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
323 BCE
18 BCE
321 BCE
9

35. Death of Gautama Buddha
551 BCE
117
250 BCE
483 BCE

36. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
c. 200 BCE
200s
70
221 BCE

37. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
525 BCE
432 BCE
232 BCE
331 BCE

38. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
29
273 BCE
480 BCE
480 BCE

39. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
14
c. 600 BCE
232 BCE
544 BCE

40. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
207 BCE
612 BCE
232 BCE
331 BCE

41. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
586 BCE
549 BCE
458 BCE
321 BCE

42. Sunga Empire founded.
14
6 BCE
185 BCE
273 BCE

43. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
395
250 BCE
529 BCE
79

44. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
326 BCE
257 BCE
c. 200 BCE
c. 455

45. Death of Gautama Buddha
483 BCE
232 BCE
202 BCE
753 BCE

46. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
660 BCE
250 BCE
400 BCE
70

47. 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
395
400 BCE
c. 200 BCE
563 BCE

48. completion of Euclid's Elements
424 BCE
c. 500 BCE
c. 100 BCE
490 BCE

49. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
539 BCE
539 BCE
300 BCE
207 BCE

50. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
722 BCE
300 BCE
410
476