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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
480 BCE
399 BCE
220
111 BCE

2. 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.
728 BCE
539 BCE
384 BCE
776 BCE

3. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
207 BCE
544 BCE
221 BCE
c. 500 BCE

4. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
c. 500 BCE
612 BCE
146 BCE
257 BCE

5. 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
202 BCE
460 BCE
335
476

6. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
529 BCE
285
c. 600 BCE
200 BCE

7. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
549 BCE
285
753 BCE
220

8. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
476
400 BCE
600 BCE
14

9. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
323 BCE
146 BCE
700 BCE
600 BCE

10. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
551 BCE
460 BCE
483 BCE
509 BCE

11. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
257 BCE
9
c. 455
68

12. Defeat of Gordian III (238
700 BCE
238
325
479 BCE

13. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
321 BCE
475 BCE
586 BCE
305 BCE

14. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
500 BCE
14
285
230 BCE

15. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
313
490 BCE
432 BCE
323 BCE

16. Democracy instituted atAthens
300 BCE
326 BCE
508 BCE
200 BCE

17. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
c. 600 BCE
475 BCE
18 BCE
49 BCE

18. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
4 BCE
544 BCE
447 BCE
325

19. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
200s
700 BCE
192
378

20. 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.
432 BCE
305 BCE
549 BCE
500 BCE

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

22. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
c. 455
305 BCE
9
192

23. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
326 BCE
550 BCE
722 BCE
600 BCE

24. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
410
722 BCE
335
550 BCE

25. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
238
480 BCE
207 BCE
117

26. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
44 BCE
323 BCE
220
202 BCE

27. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
79
9
404 BCE
192

28. Death of Gautama Buddha
335
335
c. 600 BCE
483 BCE

29. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
469 BCE
111 BCE
285
544 BCE

30. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
424 BCE
395
117
4 BCE

31. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
551 BCE
500 BCE
111 BCE
202 BCE

32. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
404 BCE
465 BCE
305 BCE
c. 512 BCE

33. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
539 BCE
447 BCE
378
68

34. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
79
550 BCE
146 BCE
753 BCE

35. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
273 BCE
117
400 BCE
335

36. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
117
232 BCE
753 BCE
202 BCE

37. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
285
321 BCE
257 BCE
490 BCE

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.
460 BCE
250 BCE
776 BCE
c. 100 BCE

39. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
483 BCE
480 BCE
508 BCE
9

40. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
49 BCE
509 BCE
525 BCE
326 BCE

41. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
490 BCE
700 BCE
111 BCE
250 BCE

42. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
207 BCE
544 BCE
546 BCE
776 BCE

43. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
146 BCE
447 BCE
546 BCE
c. 100 BCE

44. Construction of the Parthenon
612 BCE
432 BCE
653 BCE
600 BCE

45. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
325
9
525 BCE
321 BCE

46. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
18 BCE
600 BCE
490 BCE
432 BCE

47. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
c. 200 BCE
549 BCE
728 BCE
469 BCE

48. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
29
447 BCE
600 BCE
354

49. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
226
c. 600 BCE
257 BCE
220

50. Rise of Persian Empire
378
550 BCE
323 BCE
653 BCE