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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






2. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






3. Democracy instituted atAthens






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






5. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






6. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.






7. Rise of Persian Empire






8. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






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






10. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






11. Death of Socrates






12. Construction of the Parthenon






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






14. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.






15. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






16. 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






17. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






18. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.






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






20. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






21. Death of Cyrus






22. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.






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






24. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






25. Death of Confucius






26. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






27. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






28. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






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






30. Democracy instituted atAthens






31. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne






32. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






33. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






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






35. completion of Euclid's Elements






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






37. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






38. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






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






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






41. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






42. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






43. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






44. Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) - founder of Buddhism is born as a prince of the Shakya tribe - which ruled parts of Magadha - one of the Maha Janapadas






45. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






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






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






48. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






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






50. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great