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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
232 BCE
221 BCE
753 BCE
335

2. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
29
111 BCE
776 BCE
300 BCE

3. Death of Gautama Buddha
429 BCE
483 BCE
424 BCE
508 BCE

4. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
745 BCE
200s
544 BCE
550 BCE

5. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
230 BCE
70
378
79

6. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
9
207 BCE
220
323 BCE

7. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
549 BCE
429 BCE
612 BCE
586 BCE

8. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
c. 100 BCE
202 BCE
221 BCE
200s

9. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
479 BCE
300 BCE
117
483 BCE

10. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
c. 200 BCE
c. 200 BCE
c. 512 BCE
458 BCE

11. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
c. 512 BCE
490 BCE
460 BCE
458 BCE

12. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
483 BCE
192
c. 200 BCE
44 BCE

13. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
395
753 BCE
550 BCE
475 BCE

14. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
490 BCE
544 BCE
4 BCE
549 BCE

15. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
404 BCE
550 BCE
202 BCE
660 BCE

16. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
728 BCE
14
458 BCE
c. 500 BCE

17. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
465 BCE
500 BCE
722 BCE
354

18. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
202 BCE
410
539 BCE
660 BCE

19. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
508 BCE
525 BCE
429 BCE
600 BCE

20. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
424 BCE
79
653 BCE
745 BCE

21. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
280
29
728 BCE
146 BCE

22. 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
776 BCE
335
424 BCE

23. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
29
280
399 BCE
600 BCE

24. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
410
49 BCE
447 BCE
9

25. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
9
111 BCE
549 BCE
321 BCE

26. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
400 BCE
313
395
325

27. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
18 BCE
395
728 BCE
207 BCE

28. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
6 BCE
238
323 BCE
70

29. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
321 BCE
6 BCE
432 BCE
285

30. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
447 BCE
475 BCE
305 BCE
257 BCE

31. Defeat of Gordian III (238
490 BCE
550 BCE
200 BCE
238

32. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
469 BCE
c. 500 BCE
285
280

33. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
476
500 BCE
551 BCE
6 BCE

34. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
14
221 BCE
117
207 BCE

35. Birth of Socrates
483 BCE
476
354
469 BCE

36. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
c. 512 BCE
728 BCE
544 BCE
612 BCE

37. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
544 BCE
384 BCE
378
44 BCE

38. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
285
399 BCE
250 BCE
202 BCE

39. 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
424 BCE
469 BCE
79

40. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
600 BCE
220
c. 455
230 BCE

41. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
395
550 BCE
146 BCE
300 BCE

42. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
432 BCE
79
280
232 BCE

43. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
539 BCE
117
653 BCE
600 BCE

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

45. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
429 BCE
653 BCE
354
326 BCE

46. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
404 BCE
325
546 BCE
500 BCE

47. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
c. 100 BCE
551 BCE
250 BCE
700 BCE

48. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
335
753 BCE
384 BCE
612 BCE

49. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
469 BCE
586 BCE
429 BCE
c. 500 BCE

50. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
44 BCE
469 BCE
476
600 BCE