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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.






2. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne






3. 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.






4. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)






5. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great






6. completion of Euclid's Elements






7. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






8. 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






9. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat






10. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






11. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






12. Death of Confucius






13. Construction of the Parthenon






14. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization






15. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of






16. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great






17. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)






18. 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






19. 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.






20. 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.






21. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






22. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.






23. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






24. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






25. 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






26. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






27. Rise of Persian Empire






28. Murder of Xerxes






29. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






30. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






31. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






32. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.






33. Death of Socrates






34. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






35. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.






36. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






37. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico






38. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ






39. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






40. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords






41. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.






42. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.






43. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.






44. Democracy instituted atAthens






45. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of






46. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






47. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






48. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great






49. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






50. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.