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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






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






3. 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.






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5. Birth of Socrates






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






7. 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






8. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






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






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






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






12. Murder of Xerxes






13. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.






14. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






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






16. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






17. 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.






18. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






19. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






20. completion of Euclid's Elements






21. Defeat of Gordian III (238






22. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






23. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






24. 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






25. 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






26. Death of Gautama Buddha






27. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






28. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






29. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






30. 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.






31. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






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






33. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan






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






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






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






37. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






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






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






40. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






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






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






43. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire






44. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






45. Death of Cyrus






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






47. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






48. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






49. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






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