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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
753 BCE
551 BCE
529 BCE
424 BCE

2. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
600 BCE
429 BCE
49 BCE
728 BCE

3. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
200 BCE
6 BCE
395
111 BCE

4. Birth of Aristotle
384 BCE
600 BCE
c. 200 BCE
192

5. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
586 BCE
551 BCE
475 BCE
6 BCE

6. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
232 BCE
479 BCE
220
500 BCE

7. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
384 BCE
700 BCE
202 BCE
549 BCE

8. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
475 BCE
404 BCE
410
9

9. Sunga Empire founded.
325
117
525 BCE
185 BCE

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

11. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
400 BCE
378
230 BCE
305 BCE

12. 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.
202 BCE
257 BCE
313
305 BCE

13. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
509 BCE
44 BCE
395
424 BCE

14. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
313
612 BCE
550 BCE
490 BCE

15. Rise of the Median Empire
c. 100 BCE
c. 600 BCE
18 BCE
728 BCE

16. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
509 BCE
660 BCE
424 BCE
490 BCE

17. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
79
207 BCE
c. 455
44 BCE

18. Death of Cyrus
432 BCE
70
529 BCE
221 BCE

19. Death of Gautama Buddha
483 BCE
753 BCE
404 BCE
745 BCE

20. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
323 BCE
600 BCE
9
c. 455

21. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
539 BCE
44 BCE
424 BCE
202 BCE

22. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
230 BCE
18 BCE
79
410

23. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
c. 512 BCE
232 BCE
44 BCE
399 BCE

24. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
529 BCE
490 BCE
550 BCE
331 BCE

25. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
354
18 BCE
250 BCE
335

26. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
753 BCE
384 BCE
546 BCE
230 BCE

27. Death of Gautama Buddha
483 BCE
384 BCE
111 BCE
220

28. Birth of Socrates
476
230 BCE
9
469 BCE

29. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
500 BCE
238
544 BCE
c. 512 BCE

30. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
500 BCE
49 BCE
508 BCE
354

31. 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.
600 BCE
326 BCE
305 BCE
776 BCE

32. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
745 BCE
549 BCE
600 BCE
326 BCE

33. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
70
326 BCE
550 BCE
232 BCE

34. Murder of Xerxes
465 BCE
226
326 BCE
424 BCE

35. Death of Socrates
300 BCE
70
399 BCE
378

36. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
230 BCE
549 BCE
321 BCE
400 BCE

37. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
111 BCE
378
460 BCE
325

38. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
c. 512 BCE
395
321 BCE
544 BCE

39. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
550 BCE
539 BCE
378
395

40. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
300 BCE
232 BCE
326 BCE
14

41. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
221 BCE
c. 600 BCE
500 BCE
29

42. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
273 BCE
500 BCE
200 BCE
c. 100 BCE

43. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
200s
230 BCE
424 BCE
273 BCE

44. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
410
325
539 BCE
238

45. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
200s
29
458 BCE
546 BCE

46. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
551 BCE
700 BCE
404 BCE
29

47. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
285
321 BCE
404 BCE
479 BCE

48. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
753 BCE
509 BCE
321 BCE
300 BCE

49. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
325
546 BCE
476
500 BCE

50. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
544 BCE
469 BCE
c. 600 BCE
465 BCE