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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. 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






2. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






3. 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






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






5. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






6. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






7. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






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






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






10. Death of Gautama Buddha






11. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






12. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






13. Defeat of Gordian III (238






14. Murder of Xerxes






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






16. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






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






18. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians






19. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






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






21. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






22. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






23. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






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






25. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






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






27. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of






28. Sunga Empire founded.






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






30. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






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






32. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






33. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






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






35. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia






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






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






38. Birth of Aristotle






39. 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.






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






41. Death of Confucius






42. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia






43. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






44. Rise of the Median Empire






45. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






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






47. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






48. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






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






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