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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
335
600 BCE
c. 512 BCE
447 BCE
2. Rise of Persian Empire
653 BCE
232 BCE
238
323 BCE
3. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
728 BCE
460 BCE
18 BCE
551 BCE
4. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
202 BCE
68
325
200s
5. Death of Gautama Buddha
447 BCE
483 BCE
331 BCE
550 BCE
6. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
776 BCE
600 BCE
475 BCE
257 BCE
7. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
544 BCE
221 BCE
79
146 BCE
8. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
539 BCE
202 BCE
745 BCE
722 BCE
9. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
238
49 BCE
653 BCE
c. 100 BCE
10. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
660 BCE
285
544 BCE
378
11. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
c. 100 BCE
600 BCE
586 BCE
550 BCE
12. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
476
c. 512 BCE
9
776 BCE
13. 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.
432 BCE
475 BCE
326 BCE
776 BCE
14. Defeat of Gordian III (238
49 BCE
395
238
500 BCE
15. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
9
257 BCE
238
c. 455
16. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
207 BCE
250 BCE
44 BCE
458 BCE
17. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
475 BCE
117
546 BCE
429 BCE
18. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
250 BCE
475 BCE
c. 600 BCE
612 BCE
19. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
18 BCE
200 BCE
202 BCE
18 BCE
20. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
c. 600 BCE
313
776 BCE
117
21. Sunga Empire founded.
280
185 BCE
653 BCE
447 BCE
22. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
192
429 BCE
c. 512 BCE
220
23. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
432 BCE
500 BCE
4 BCE
728 BCE
24. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
404 BCE
460 BCE
49 BCE
18 BCE
25. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
490 BCE
285
525 BCE
378
26. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
220
280
305 BCE
29
27. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
509 BCE
479 BCE
728 BCE
335
28. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
c. 500 BCE
18 BCE
238
612 BCE
29. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
70
551 BCE
550 BCE
378
30. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
250 BCE
200s
600 BCE
476
31. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
529 BCE
410
14
202 BCE
32. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
776 BCE
331 BCE
200 BCE
469 BCE
33. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
432 BCE
549 BCE
745 BCE
c. 600 BCE
34. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
600 BCE
192
429 BCE
44 BCE
35. Death of Socrates
257 BCE
465 BCE
335
399 BCE
36. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
49 BCE
490 BCE
331 BCE
c. 100 BCE
37. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
6 BCE
325
600 BCE
44 BCE
38. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
753 BCE
500 BCE
192
546 BCE
39. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
458 BCE
232 BCE
600 BCE
280
40. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
273 BCE
354
49 BCE
49 BCE
41. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
475 BCE
29
549 BCE
539 BCE
42. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
447 BCE
226
776 BCE
331 BCE
43. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
550 BCE
323 BCE
490 BCE
399 BCE
44. Sunga Empire founded.
185 BCE
207 BCE
335
776 BCE
45. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
230 BCE
728 BCE
508 BCE
722 BCE
46. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
458 BCE
221 BCE
480 BCE
424 BCE
47. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
404 BCE
49 BCE
29
479 BCE
48. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
29
400 BCE
49 BCE
68
49. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
539 BCE
539 BCE
753 BCE
551 BCE
50. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
c. 512 BCE
586 BCE
509 BCE
285