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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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






2. Rise of Persian Empire






3. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






4. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






5. Death of Gautama Buddha






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






7. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.






8. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire






9. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.






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






11. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.






12. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent






13. 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.






14. Defeat of Gordian III (238






15. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






16. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire






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






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






19. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






20. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.






21. Sunga Empire founded.






22. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed






23. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit






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






25. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.






26. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.






27. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






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






29. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






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






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






32. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela






33. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire






34. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire






35. Death of Socrates






36. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.






37. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






38. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






39. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.






40. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






41. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






42. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






43. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon






44. Sunga Empire founded.






45. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






46. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis






47. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states






48. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






49. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






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