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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
117
544 BCE
378
207 BCE

2. Defeat of Gordian III (238
660 BCE
508 BCE
238
600 BCE

3. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
273 BCE
384 BCE
544 BCE
4 BCE

4. completion of Euclid's Elements
323 BCE
722 BCE
c. 512 BCE
c. 500 BCE

5. 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.
465 BCE
305 BCE
221 BCE
4 BCE

6. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
508 BCE
469 BCE
525 BCE
612 BCE

7. Death of Gautama Buddha
273 BCE
529 BCE
483 BCE
202 BCE

8. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
465 BCE
300 BCE
207 BCE
226

9. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
6 BCE
529 BCE
220
544 BCE

10. Death of Confucius
700 BCE
479 BCE
49 BCE
226

11. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
273 BCE
c. 100 BCE
325
612 BCE

12. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
500 BCE
111 BCE
220
551 BCE

13. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
326 BCE
399 BCE
232 BCE
465 BCE

14. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
700 BCE
c. 512 BCE
586 BCE
429 BCE

15. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
354
220
4 BCE
117

16. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
465 BCE
70
479 BCE
185 BCE

17. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
447 BCE
326 BCE
700 BCE
68

18. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
399 BCE
c. 512 BCE
549 BCE
550 BCE

19. Birth of Aristotle
70
238
500 BCE
384 BCE

20. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
c. 200 BCE
539 BCE
29
146 BCE

21. 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.
458 BCE
305 BCE
546 BCE
776 BCE

22. 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
776 BCE
480 BCE
424 BCE
476

23. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
509 BCE
424 BCE
146 BCE
192

24. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
612 BCE
525 BCE
331 BCE
539 BCE

25. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
546 BCE
4 BCE
544 BCE
600 BCE

26. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
529 BCE
429 BCE
313
500 BCE

27. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
280
551 BCE
9
600 BCE

28. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
c. 600 BCE
c. 100 BCE
207 BCE
44 BCE

29. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
313
424 BCE
483 BCE
305 BCE

30. Sunga Empire founded.
232 BCE
509 BCE
185 BCE
335

31. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
202 BCE
321 BCE
460 BCE
745 BCE

32. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
700 BCE
9
4 BCE
202 BCE

33. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
480 BCE
500 BCE
460 BCE
458 BCE

34. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
220
500 BCE
c. 100 BCE
600 BCE

35. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
207 BCE
354
500 BCE
475 BCE

36. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
207 BCE
660 BCE
250 BCE
490 BCE

37. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
753 BCE
221 BCE
4 BCE
c. 200 BCE

38. Construction of the Parthenon
238
280
432 BCE
612 BCE

39. Death of Socrates
6 BCE
399 BCE
117
325

40. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
68
313
4 BCE
44 BCE

41. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
424 BCE
399 BCE
400 BCE
9

42. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
18 BCE
238
230 BCE
447 BCE

43. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
728 BCE
285
29
354

44. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
475 BCE
529 BCE
250 BCE
509 BCE

45. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
660 BCE
551 BCE
18 BCE
4 BCE

46. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
4 BCE
722 BCE
c. 512 BCE
44 BCE

47. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
79
70
146 BCE
500 BCE

48. Birth of Socrates
469 BCE
600 BCE
525 BCE
776 BCE

49. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
400 BCE
220
465 BCE
300 BCE

50. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
68
509 BCE
79
192