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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
221 BCE
9
653 BCE
257 BCE
2. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
722 BCE
469 BCE
250 BCE
6 BCE
3. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
202 BCE
207 BCE
429 BCE
476
4. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
c. 512 BCE
500 BCE
429 BCE
404 BCE
5. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
600 BCE
429 BCE
202 BCE
230 BCE
6. 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.
305 BCE
c. 500 BCE
c. 455
c. 512 BCE
7. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
250 BCE
c. 200 BCE
539 BCE
508 BCE
8. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
429 BCE
500 BCE
c. 500 BCE
550 BCE
9. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
232 BCE
447 BCE
500 BCE
429 BCE
10. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
4 BCE
753 BCE
313
c. 600 BCE
11. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
79
280
378
49 BCE
12. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
745 BCE
117
447 BCE
c. 100 BCE
13. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
14
429 BCE
230 BCE
586 BCE
14. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
653 BCE
753 BCE
4 BCE
220
15. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
546 BCE
207 BCE
399 BCE
728 BCE
16. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
221 BCE
c. 200 BCE
395
325
17. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
745 BCE
200s
c. 455
354
18. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
c. 600 BCE
c. 100 BCE
508 BCE
202 BCE
19. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
305 BCE
250 BCE
200s
9
20. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
70
326 BCE
776 BCE
550 BCE
21. 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
476
313
18 BCE
285
22. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
280
529 BCE
c. 200 BCE
326 BCE
23. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
475 BCE
660 BCE
378
326 BCE
24. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
257 BCE
250 BCE
539 BCE
550 BCE
25. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
325
378
117
586 BCE
26. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
325
490 BCE
280
49 BCE
27. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
776 BCE
9
70
44 BCE
28. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
722 BCE
335
469 BCE
586 BCE
29. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
753 BCE
238
525 BCE
220
30. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
c. 455
273 BCE
200s
111 BCE
31. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
331 BCE
68
525 BCE
c. 455
32. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
480 BCE
776 BCE
549 BCE
546 BCE
33. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
313
230 BCE
384 BCE
465 BCE
34. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
305 BCE
221 BCE
200s
4 BCE
35. 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
192
238
476
483 BCE
36. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
424 BCE
753 BCE
395
539 BCE
37. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
70
354
600 BCE
653 BCE
38. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
660 BCE
410
226
550 BCE
39. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
404 BCE
600 BCE
226
509 BCE
40. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
600 BCE
551 BCE
226
400 BCE
41. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
600 BCE
700 BCE
475 BCE
285
42. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
400 BCE
465 BCE
586 BCE
79
43. Construction of the Parthenon
432 BCE
6 BCE
460 BCE
469 BCE
44. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
68
280
700 BCE
111 BCE
45. Rise of the Median Empire
600 BCE
728 BCE
111 BCE
4 BCE
46. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
460 BCE
465 BCE
550 BCE
146 BCE
47. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
9
500 BCE
300 BCE
c. 600 BCE
48. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
395
432 BCE
111 BCE
220
49. Death of Socrates
c. 600 BCE
586 BCE
399 BCE
c. 512 BCE
50. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
c. 200 BCE
469 BCE
612 BCE
207 BCE