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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
549 BCE
728 BCE
9
424 BCE

2. Death of Confucius
70
479 BCE
326 BCE
232 BCE

3. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
146 BCE
469 BCE
429 BCE
4 BCE

4. 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
354
563 BCE
460 BCE
200 BCE

5. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
509 BCE
400 BCE
305 BCE
600 BCE

6. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
207 BCE
490 BCE
321 BCE
c. 455

7. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
429 BCE
400 BCE
323 BCE
500 BCE

8. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
447 BCE
395
200 BCE
586 BCE

9. Murder of Xerxes
465 BCE
508 BCE
529 BCE
728 BCE

10. Rise of the Median Empire
c. 455
447 BCE
728 BCE
410

11. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
475 BCE
335
c. 200 BCE
257 BCE

12. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
586 BCE
325
49 BCE
185 BCE

13. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
4 BCE
202 BCE
273 BCE
400 BCE

14. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
280
273 BCE
257 BCE
331 BCE

15. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
323 BCE
117
546 BCE
335

16. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
44 BCE
331 BCE
111 BCE
483 BCE

17. completion of Euclid's Elements
480 BCE
c. 500 BCE
323 BCE
300 BCE

18. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
395
586 BCE
285
424 BCE

19. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
539 BCE
500 BCE
480 BCE
400 BCE

20. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
476
14
6 BCE
600 BCE

21. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
458 BCE
490 BCE
146 BCE
447 BCE

22. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
509 BCE
335
395
232 BCE

23. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
250 BCE
447 BCE
600 BCE
550 BCE

24. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
232 BCE
458 BCE
410
220

25. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
465 BCE
220
586 BCE
700 BCE

26. 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
226
221 BCE
529 BCE
476

27. Rise of Persian Empire
653 BCE
221 BCE
238
469 BCE

28. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
29
230 BCE
508 BCE
202 BCE

29. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
551 BCE
202 BCE
475 BCE
424 BCE

30. Death of Gautama Buddha
483 BCE
476
44 BCE
335

31. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
c. 200 BCE
508 BCE
335
549 BCE

32. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
508 BCE
280
378
586 BCE

33. Construction of the Parthenon
525 BCE
551 BCE
432 BCE
483 BCE

34. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
458 BCE
479 BCE
70
226

35. Birth of Socrates
185 BCE
653 BCE
469 BCE
c. 200 BCE

36. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
586 BCE
250 BCE
335
612 BCE

37. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
728 BCE
745 BCE
600 BCE
273 BCE

38. Death of Cyrus
c. 200 BCE
529 BCE
9
c. 512 BCE

39. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
563 BCE
776 BCE
c. 512 BCE
70

40. 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.
529 BCE
549 BCE
305 BCE
285

41. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
326 BCE
563 BCE
460 BCE
551 BCE

42. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
273 BCE
146 BCE
460 BCE
c. 100 BCE

43. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
525 BCE
479 BCE
728 BCE
14

44. 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.
232 BCE
483 BCE
660 BCE
776 BCE

45. Birth of Aristotle
600 BCE
49 BCE
384 BCE
525 BCE

46. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
280
14
483 BCE
c. 512 BCE

47. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
529 BCE
549 BCE
220
429 BCE

48. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
354
469 BCE
9
378

49. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
404 BCE
546 BCE
429 BCE
525 BCE

50. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
202 BCE
404 BCE
612 BCE
509 BCE