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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Democracy instituted atAthens
273 BCE
c. 500 BCE
722 BCE
508 BCE
2. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
232 BCE
509 BCE
220
257 BCE
3. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
70
c. 455
285
313
4. Birth of Socrates
469 BCE
221 BCE
447 BCE
776 BCE
5. Defeat of Gordian III (238
238
c. 455
18 BCE
305 BCE
6. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
192
207 BCE
753 BCE
300 BCE
7. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
447 BCE
549 BCE
476
525 BCE
8. completion of Euclid's Elements
c. 500 BCE
331 BCE
529 BCE
44 BCE
9. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
325
384 BCE
29
250 BCE
10. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
18 BCE
700 BCE
509 BCE
490 BCE
11. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
326 BCE
424 BCE
313
c. 200 BCE
12. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
117
14
653 BCE
424 BCE
13. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
460 BCE
546 BCE
c. 100 BCE
476
14. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
300 BCE
c. 500 BCE
476
539 BCE
15. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
551 BCE
9
508 BCE
6 BCE
16. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
600 BCE
424 BCE
546 BCE
331 BCE
17. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
550 BCE
700 BCE
600 BCE
146 BCE
18. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
354
305 BCE
586 BCE
480 BCE
19. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
653 BCE
280
232 BCE
539 BCE
20. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
c. 200 BCE
323 BCE
325
354
21. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
331 BCE
49 BCE
447 BCE
500 BCE
22. Birth of Socrates
479 BCE
525 BCE
331 BCE
469 BCE
23. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
192
490 BCE
479 BCE
c. 200 BCE
24. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
232 BCE
745 BCE
549 BCE
551 BCE
25. Death of Socrates
404 BCE
70
399 BCE
6 BCE
26. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
238
230 BCE
6 BCE
313
27. 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
335
70
600 BCE
28. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
728 BCE
509 BCE
9
465 BCE
29. 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
18 BCE
429 BCE
563 BCE
c. 200 BCE
30. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
4 BCE
490 BCE
331 BCE
9
31. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
321 BCE
257 BCE
185 BCE
323 BCE
32. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
192
475 BCE
500 BCE
549 BCE
33. Birth of Aristotle
207 BCE
480 BCE
384 BCE
c. 600 BCE
34. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
285
185 BCE
700 BCE
111 BCE
35. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
220
475 BCE
207 BCE
525 BCE
36. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
469 BCE
483 BCE
226
321 BCE
37. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
460 BCE
70
586 BCE
321 BCE
38. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
508 BCE
395
285
722 BCE
39. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
4 BCE
331 BCE
410
325
40. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
202 BCE
14
480 BCE
447 BCE
41. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
458 BCE
475 BCE
313
354
42. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
c. 512 BCE
500 BCE
9
220
43. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
226
460 BCE
232 BCE
79
44. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
776 BCE
429 BCE
544 BCE
424 BCE
45. 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
c. 600 BCE
404 BCE
476
612 BCE
46. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
117
49 BCE
465 BCE
230 BCE
47. 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.
305 BCE
500 BCE
c. 600 BCE
465 BCE
48. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
500 BCE
300 BCE
404 BCE
612 BCE
49. Death of Confucius
331 BCE
479 BCE
550 BCE
c. 455
50. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
475 BCE
404 BCE
323 BCE
c. 512 BCE