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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
4 BCE
238
70
325

2. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
c. 512 BCE
476
424 BCE
500 BCE

3. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
424 BCE
529 BCE
117
232 BCE

4. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
331 BCE
525 BCE
500 BCE
146 BCE

5. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
200 BCE
323 BCE
586 BCE
525 BCE

6. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
728 BCE
660 BCE
378
529 BCE

7. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
111 BCE
600 BCE
586 BCE
280

8. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
285
410
c. 500 BCE
c. 455

9. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
14
321 BCE
325
544 BCE

10. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
586 BCE
202 BCE
549 BCE
458 BCE

11. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
4 BCE
465 BCE
207 BCE
354

12. Defeat of Gordian III (238
313
447 BCE
238
550 BCE

13. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
480 BCE
c. 455
429 BCE
280

14. Murder of Xerxes
546 BCE
465 BCE
220
753 BCE

15. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
14
479 BCE
600 BCE
546 BCE

16. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
600 BCE
6 BCE
273 BCE
323 BCE

17. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
313
728 BCE
c. 455
500 BCE

18. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
185 BCE
280
44 BCE
257 BCE

19. Defeat of Gordian III (238
257 BCE
238
700 BCE
202 BCE

20. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
508 BCE
551 BCE
202 BCE
18 BCE

21. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
220
354
500 BCE
700 BCE

22. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
313
551 BCE
c. 100 BCE
395

23. 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
220
399 BCE
202 BCE
549 BCE

24. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
238
722 BCE
18 BCE
285

25. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
776 BCE
500 BCE
400 BCE
529 BCE

26. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
753 BCE
c. 100 BCE
18 BCE
c. 512 BCE

27. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
529 BCE
476
c. 200 BCE
68

28. 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
68
563 BCE
313
202 BCE

29. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
378
660 BCE
117
410

30. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
600 BCE
429 BCE
226
305 BCE

31. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
753 BCE
226
460 BCE
549 BCE

32. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
44 BCE
500 BCE
395
529 BCE

33. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
280
460 BCE
9
563 BCE

34. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
4 BCE
c. 100 BCE
18 BCE
563 BCE

35. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
500 BCE
424 BCE
305 BCE
326 BCE

36. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
305 BCE
6 BCE
44 BCE
273 BCE

37. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
551 BCE
465 BCE
399 BCE
432 BCE

38. Rise of Persian Empire
653 BCE
404 BCE
285
c. 500 BCE

39. Death of Confucius
479 BCE
722 BCE
500 BCE
429 BCE

40. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
529 BCE
549 BCE
202 BCE
700 BCE

41. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
117
221 BCE
c. 200 BCE
49 BCE

42. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
68
458 BCE
776 BCE
146 BCE

43. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
44 BCE
475 BCE
335
285

44. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
563 BCE
68
476
404 BCE

45. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
200 BCE
323 BCE
586 BCE
111 BCE

46. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
728 BCE
612 BCE
c. 512 BCE
447 BCE

47. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
722 BCE
232 BCE
753 BCE
546 BCE

48. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
117
49 BCE
202 BCE
14

49. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
475 BCE
331 BCE
202 BCE
29

50. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
550 BCE
c. 455
c. 512 BCE
335