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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
200 BCE
44 BCE
479 BCE
326 BCE

2. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
546 BCE
14
722 BCE
549 BCE

3. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
551 BCE
429 BCE
146 BCE
384 BCE

4. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
226
c. 200 BCE
c. 100 BCE
111 BCE

5. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
c. 600 BCE
226
550 BCE
660 BCE

6. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
509 BCE
323 BCE
551 BCE
185 BCE

7. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
447 BCE
404 BCE
476
221 BCE

8. Democracy instituted atAthens
313
185 BCE
508 BCE
4 BCE

9. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
483 BCE
653 BCE
146 BCE
c. 455

10. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
539 BCE
220
490 BCE
111 BCE

11. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
273 BCE
117
410
490 BCE

12. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
384 BCE
9
525 BCE
549 BCE

13. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
354
424 BCE
529 BCE
9

14. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
551 BCE
250 BCE
202 BCE
660 BCE

15. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
280
483 BCE
544 BCE
200s

16. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
305 BCE
509 BCE
508 BCE
220

17. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
458 BCE
29
220
c. 200 BCE

18. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
776 BCE
323 BCE
509 BCE
479 BCE

19. 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
232 BCE
458 BCE
447 BCE

20. 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
395
200 BCE
460 BCE
563 BCE

21. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
202 BCE
232 BCE
586 BCE
399 BCE

22. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
458 BCE
285
776 BCE
c. 512 BCE

23. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
221 BCE
424 BCE
395
753 BCE

24. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
117
529 BCE
475 BCE
185 BCE

25. Democracy instituted atAthens
776 BCE
476
458 BCE
508 BCE

26. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
230 BCE
70
29
c. 512 BCE

27. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
117
745 BCE
c. 200 BCE
232 BCE

28. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
273 BCE
c. 600 BCE
232 BCE
321 BCE

29. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
354
18 BCE
335
6 BCE

30. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
202 BCE
600 BCE
354
728 BCE

31. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
c. 200 BCE
612 BCE
465 BCE
331 BCE

32. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
549 BCE
424 BCE
500 BCE
321 BCE

33. Defeat of Gordian III (238
238
c. 500 BCE
335
226

34. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
200s
4 BCE
500 BCE
79

35. 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.
146 BCE
c. 200 BCE
305 BCE
221 BCE

36. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
79
539 BCE
563 BCE
424 BCE

37. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
525 BCE
207 BCE
469 BCE
600 BCE

38. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
280
539 BCE
399 BCE
146 BCE

39. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
525 BCE
753 BCE
447 BCE
c. 200 BCE

40. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
326 BCE
207 BCE
c. 512 BCE
9

41. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
432 BCE
250 BCE
544 BCE
586 BCE

42. Birth of Aristotle
384 BCE
323 BCE
509 BCE
429 BCE

43. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
6 BCE
29
117
c. 500 BCE

44. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
529 BCE
722 BCE
490 BCE
378

45. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
14
313
285
586 BCE

46. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
c. 100 BCE
111 BCE
525 BCE
550 BCE

47. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
230 BCE
200s
232 BCE
70

48. Rise of Persian Empire
447 BCE
508 BCE
117
653 BCE

49. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
230 BCE
400 BCE
586 BCE
432 BCE

50. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
313
273 BCE
728 BCE
285