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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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






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






3. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire






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






5. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






6. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






7. 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.






8. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






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






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






11. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






12. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






13. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords






14. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






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






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






17. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






18. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






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






20. Death of Gautama Buddha






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






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






23. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






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






25. 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






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






27. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






28. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat






29. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






30. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia






31. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia






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






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






34. 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.






35. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






36. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






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






38. Democracy instituted atAthens






39. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire






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






41. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






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






43. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






44. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






45. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






46. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






47. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






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






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






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







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