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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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






2. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






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






4. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






5. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






6. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






7. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization






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






9. Murder of Xerxes






10. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






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






12. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.






13. Death of Confucius






14. Death of Cyrus






15. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.






16. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ






17. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.






18. Death of Cyrus






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






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






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






22. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






23. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.






24. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






25. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization






26. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






27. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






28. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






29. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






30. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela






31. Rise of the Median Empire






32. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






33. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






34. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






35. Democracy instituted atAthens






36. 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






37. Sunga Empire founded.






38. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






39. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






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






41. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






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






43. Sunga Empire founded.






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






45. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






46. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.






47. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.






48. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan






49. 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.






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