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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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






2. 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.






3. Defeat of Gordian III (238






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






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






6. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.






7. Democracy instituted atAthens






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






9. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






10. 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






11. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






12. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia






13. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought






14. Rise of Persian Empire






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






16. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






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






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






19. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






20. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






21. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.






22. Birth of Aristotle






23. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.






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






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






26. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






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






28. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






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






30. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.






31. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






32. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






33. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon






34. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.






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






36. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






37. Death of Gautama Buddha






38. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent






39. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






40. Defeat of Gordian III (238






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






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






43. Death of Socrates






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






45. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






46. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.






47. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






48. 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






49. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






50. 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.