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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
469 BCE
321 BCE
600 BCE
551 BCE

2. 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
285
700 BCE
202 BCE
476

3. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
230 BCE
200 BCE
207 BCE
404 BCE

4. Defeat of Gordian III (238
200s
660 BCE
238
447 BCE

5. Sunga Empire founded.
321 BCE
185 BCE
551 BCE
4 BCE

6. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
700 BCE
185 BCE
660 BCE
500 BCE

7. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
469 BCE
4 BCE
500 BCE
546 BCE

8. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
238
200 BCE
447 BCE
745 BCE

9. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
551 BCE
475 BCE
6 BCE
44 BCE

10. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
550 BCE
325
238
600 BCE

11. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
c. 100 BCE
4 BCE
250 BCE
728 BCE

12. Death of Confucius
c. 100 BCE
600 BCE
479 BCE
509 BCE

13. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
480 BCE
551 BCE
c. 100 BCE
508 BCE

14. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
c. 512 BCE
500 BCE
612 BCE
44 BCE

15. 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.
305 BCE
192
202 BCE
300 BCE

16. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
14
525 BCE
563 BCE
753 BCE

17. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
117
525 BCE
550 BCE
321 BCE

18. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
4 BCE
18 BCE
c. 100 BCE
480 BCE

19. 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
476
465 BCE
354
207 BCE

20. 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.
410
c. 100 BCE
586 BCE
221 BCE

21. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
280
549 BCE
300 BCE
480 BCE

22. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
325
331 BCE
c. 455
404 BCE

23. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
202 BCE
490 BCE
305 BCE
200 BCE

24. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
509 BCE
490 BCE
429 BCE
550 BCE

25. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
335
313
480 BCE
395

26. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
722 BCE
483 BCE
475 BCE
432 BCE

27. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
490 BCE
700 BCE
202 BCE
331 BCE

28. Construction of the Parthenon
321 BCE
432 BCE
700 BCE
200s

29. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
70
490 BCE
722 BCE
305 BCE

30. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
469 BCE
490 BCE
18 BCE
70

31. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
111 BCE
326 BCE
285
c. 512 BCE

32. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
475 BCE
68
280
70

33. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
509 BCE
500 BCE
280
600 BCE

34. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
c. 600 BCE
202 BCE
14
70

35. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
29
653 BCE
539 BCE
447 BCE

36. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
146 BCE
79
192
728 BCE

37. 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.
776 BCE
c. 455
458 BCE
600 BCE

38. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
490 BCE
529 BCE
660 BCE
551 BCE

39. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
c. 512 BCE
323 BCE
549 BCE
300 BCE

40. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
429 BCE
230 BCE
378
469 BCE

41. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
325
424 BCE
480 BCE
653 BCE

42. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
c. 455
458 BCE
479 BCE
551 BCE

43. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
c. 200 BCE
465 BCE
660 BCE
325

44. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
586 BCE
331 BCE
321 BCE
146 BCE

45. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
525 BCE
220
447 BCE
429 BCE

46. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
509 BCE
551 BCE
508 BCE
29

47. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
410
354
79
305 BCE

48. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
220
238
250 BCE
600 BCE

49. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
335
29
207 BCE
660 BCE

50. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
549 BCE
354
230 BCE
490 BCE