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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
525 BCE
207 BCE
500 BCE
480 BCE
2. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
146 BCE
476
c. 600 BCE
4 BCE
3. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
200s
424 BCE
550 BCE
4 BCE
4. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
400 BCE
600 BCE
500 BCE
325
5. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
331 BCE
300 BCE
432 BCE
c. 512 BCE
6. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
660 BCE
200s
476
220
7. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
257 BCE
6 BCE
424 BCE
313
8. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
384 BCE
200 BCE
c. 100 BCE
480 BCE
9. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
250 BCE
9
117
325
10. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
776 BCE
404 BCE
202 BCE
335
11. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
539 BCE
429 BCE
280
14
12. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
117
563 BCE
399 BCE
776 BCE
13. Death of Socrates
500 BCE
257 BCE
728 BCE
399 BCE
14. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
230 BCE
c. 200 BCE
508 BCE
325
15. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
424 BCE
14
44 BCE
280
16. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
563 BCE
273 BCE
200s
404 BCE
17. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
70
483 BCE
660 BCE
612 BCE
18. 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
300 BCE
185 BCE
483 BCE
19. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
202 BCE
479 BCE
68
202 BCE
20. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
70
257 BCE
117
230 BCE
21. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
14
500 BCE
424 BCE
475 BCE
22. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
c. 512 BCE
273 BCE
c. 512 BCE
429 BCE
23. 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.
226
68
776 BCE
612 BCE
24. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
509 BCE
465 BCE
335
400 BCE
25. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
600 BCE
653 BCE
378
475 BCE
26. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
480 BCE
79
549 BCE
202 BCE
27. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
202 BCE
70
29
273 BCE
28. 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.
221 BCE
323 BCE
305 BCE
250 BCE
29. Rise of Persian Empire
653 BCE
226
18 BCE
544 BCE
30. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
49 BCE
460 BCE
722 BCE
475 BCE
31. Death of Gautama Buddha
483 BCE
660 BCE
400 BCE
700 BCE
32. Rise of the Median Empire
728 BCE
c. 200 BCE
700 BCE
399 BCE
33. 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.
221 BCE
300 BCE
321 BCE
490 BCE
34. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
378
476
776 BCE
600 BCE
35. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
745 BCE
202 BCE
202 BCE
c. 500 BCE
36. completion of Euclid's Elements
c. 500 BCE
9
200s
331 BCE
37. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
550 BCE
546 BCE
305 BCE
c. 100 BCE
38. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
612 BCE
404 BCE
400 BCE
378
39. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
111 BCE
c. 500 BCE
447 BCE
185 BCE
40. 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
480 BCE
202 BCE
432 BCE
458 BCE
41. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
476
745 BCE
600 BCE
700 BCE
42. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
321 BCE
326 BCE
c. 455
326 BCE
43. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
490 BCE
447 BCE
395
475 BCE
44. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
384 BCE
480 BCE
250 BCE
509 BCE
45. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
29
257 BCE
c. 200 BCE
378
46. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
c. 200 BCE
490 BCE
476
586 BCE
47. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
410
c. 200 BCE
321 BCE
c. 100 BCE
48. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
c. 100 BCE
404 BCE
475 BCE
280
49. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
424 BCE
49 BCE
429 BCE
400 BCE
50. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
753 BCE
221 BCE
509 BCE
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