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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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






2. Murder of Xerxes






3. Birth of Aristotle






4. completion of Euclid's Elements






5. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.






6. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






7. 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.






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






9. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






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






11. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






12. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






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






14. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






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






16. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






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






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






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






20. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






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






22. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






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






24. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






25. Rise of the Median Empire






26. Death of Socrates






27. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






28. 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






29. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






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






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






32. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






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






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






35. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






36. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






37. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire






38. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






39. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






40. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






41. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians






42. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought






43. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






44. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






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






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






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






48. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






49. 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.






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