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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
335
192
230 BCE
111 BCE

2. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
490 BCE
221 BCE
700 BCE
475 BCE

3. Construction of the Parthenon
753 BCE
600 BCE
432 BCE
273 BCE

4. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
458 BCE
192
18 BCE
660 BCE

5. Democracy instituted atAthens
469 BCE
508 BCE
285
18 BCE

6. Birth of Aristotle
326 BCE
384 BCE
207 BCE
469 BCE

7. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
14
c. 500 BCE
9
384 BCE

8. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
384 BCE
525 BCE
c. 500 BCE
18 BCE

9. Rise of Persian Empire
220
653 BCE
18 BCE
480 BCE

10. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
458 BCE
475 BCE
479 BCE
600 BCE

11. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
600 BCE
70
745 BCE
728 BCE

12. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
447 BCE
549 BCE
475 BCE
476

13. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
395
202 BCE
429 BCE
660 BCE

14. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
68
458 BCE
117
465 BCE

15. Construction of the Parthenon
490 BCE
546 BCE
226
432 BCE

16. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
331 BCE
257 BCE
563 BCE
321 BCE

17. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
600 BCE
331 BCE
c. 455
29

18. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
232 BCE
c. 512 BCE
6 BCE
79

19. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
600 BCE
753 BCE
4 BCE
c. 500 BCE

20. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
230 BCE
612 BCE
551 BCE
c. 500 BCE

21. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
508 BCE
753 BCE
280
447 BCE

22. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
14
18 BCE
480 BCE
546 BCE

23. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
313
753 BCE
700 BCE
476

24. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
395
207 BCE
146 BCE
551 BCE

25. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
404 BCE
529 BCE
539 BCE
220

26. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
776 BCE
250 BCE
c. 512 BCE
544 BCE

27. 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
117
700 BCE
331 BCE
563 BCE

28. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
321 BCE
476
c. 500 BCE
432 BCE

29. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
653 BCE
546 BCE
6 BCE
44 BCE

30. 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.
226
305 BCE
469 BCE
563 BCE

31. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
325
479 BCE
323 BCE
9

32. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
221 BCE
79
325
753 BCE

33. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
551 BCE
192
410
653 BCE

34. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
753 BCE
313
111 BCE
305 BCE

35. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
c. 100 BCE
384 BCE
586 BCE
14

36. 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
185 BCE
563 BCE
6 BCE
192

37. Sunga Empire founded.
111 BCE
185 BCE
399 BCE
546 BCE

38. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
500 BCE
728 BCE
753 BCE
111 BCE

39. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
257 BCE
326 BCE
14
525 BCE

40. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
226
660 BCE
117
509 BCE

41. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
400 BCE
323 BCE
549 BCE
378

42. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
221 BCE
220
335
226

43. Death of Gautama Buddha
200 BCE
354
550 BCE
483 BCE

44. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
653 BCE
202 BCE
226
745 BCE

45. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
544 BCE
384 BCE
70
460 BCE

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

47. Death of Cyrus
529 BCE
600 BCE
232 BCE
4 BCE

48. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
230 BCE
185 BCE
300 BCE
529 BCE

49. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
776 BCE
384 BCE
753 BCE
475 BCE

50. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
111 BCE
509 BCE
404 BCE
221 BCE