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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Rise of Persian Empire
185 BCE
200 BCE
653 BCE
257 BCE

2. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
335
202 BCE
257 BCE
476

3. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
600 BCE
257 BCE
475 BCE
722 BCE

4. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
490 BCE
6 BCE
111 BCE
404 BCE

5. Birth of Socrates
4 BCE
483 BCE
549 BCE
469 BCE

6. Defeat of Gordian III (238
238
273 BCE
480 BCE
4 BCE

7. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
384 BCE
200 BCE
c. 512 BCE
753 BCE

8. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
323 BCE
250 BCE
612 BCE
776 BCE

9. 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
400 BCE
321 BCE
14
476

10. Construction of the Parthenon
202 BCE
378
432 BCE
111 BCE

11. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
612 BCE
722 BCE
508 BCE
539 BCE

12. Murder of Xerxes
250 BCE
79
465 BCE
475 BCE

13. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
221 BCE
490 BCE
c. 512 BCE
9

14. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
280
326 BCE
500 BCE
480 BCE

15. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
410
483 BCE
200s
529 BCE

16. 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.
238
551 BCE
305 BCE
c. 455

17. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
544 BCE
273 BCE
313
384 BCE

18. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
6 BCE
325
508 BCE
612 BCE

19. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
508 BCE
700 BCE
14
273 BCE

20. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
4 BCE
479 BCE
257 BCE
49 BCE

21. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
305 BCE
325
285
250 BCE

22. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
79
202 BCE
546 BCE
410

23. Death of Gautama Buddha
429 BCE
335
9
483 BCE

24. Death of Cyrus
550 BCE
9
529 BCE
483 BCE

25. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
c. 200 BCE
384 BCE
202 BCE
221 BCE

26. 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.
424 BCE
c. 200 BCE
509 BCE
221 BCE

27. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
c. 512 BCE
600 BCE
399 BCE
458 BCE

28. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
238
400 BCE
490 BCE
476

29. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
460 BCE
479 BCE
c. 200 BCE
700 BCE

30. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
200 BCE
586 BCE
399 BCE
424 BCE

31. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
4 BCE
230 BCE
404 BCE
465 BCE

32. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
447 BCE
280
44 BCE
465 BCE

33. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
612 BCE
202 BCE
117
44 BCE

34. Death of Confucius
479 BCE
49 BCE
483 BCE
612 BCE

35. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
29
539 BCE
432 BCE
700 BCE

36. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
207 BCE
476
660 BCE
49 BCE

37. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
600 BCE
476
384 BCE
483 BCE

38. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
508 BCE
c. 200 BCE
480 BCE
192

39. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
326 BCE
220
458 BCE
745 BCE

40. Construction of the Parthenon
432 BCE
384 BCE
c. 100 BCE
321 BCE

41. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
280
500 BCE
549 BCE
331 BCE

42. 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
226
18 BCE
321 BCE
563 BCE

43. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
776 BCE
475 BCE
563 BCE
550 BCE

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.
257 BCE
29
776 BCE
479 BCE

45. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
395
653 BCE
9
226

46. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
395
c. 500 BCE
285
321 BCE

47. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
395
475 BCE
202 BCE
111 BCE

48. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
586 BCE
18 BCE
280
321 BCE

49. Han Dynasty established in China - after the death of Qin Shi Huang; China in this period officially becomes a Confucian state and opens trading connections with the West - i.e. the Silk Road
550 BCE
447 BCE
202 BCE
399 BCE

50. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
14
653 BCE
660 BCE
753 BCE