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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
728 BCE
c. 100 BCE
c. 512 BCE
117
2. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
458 BCE
257 BCE
660 BCE
550 BCE
3. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
500 BCE
400 BCE
586 BCE
475 BCE
4. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
424 BCE
509 BCE
660 BCE
111 BCE
5. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
280
146 BCE
325
273 BCE
6. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
c. 600 BCE
395
529 BCE
79
7. Death of Cyrus
529 BCE
273 BCE
480 BCE
257 BCE
8. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
550 BCE
465 BCE
200 BCE
c. 500 BCE
9. Rise of the Median Empire
525 BCE
728 BCE
600 BCE
68
10. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
410
549 BCE
49 BCE
612 BCE
11. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
325
300 BCE
257 BCE
500 BCE
12. 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.
429 BCE
c. 100 BCE
192
776 BCE
13. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
326 BCE
404 BCE
79
335
14. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
728 BCE
226
111 BCE
563 BCE
15. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
200 BCE
653 BCE
378
4 BCE
16. Birth of Socrates
653 BCE
207 BCE
722 BCE
469 BCE
17. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
424 BCE
c. 200 BCE
111 BCE
44 BCE
18. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
117
378
185 BCE
424 BCE
19. Death of Confucius
458 BCE
335
479 BCE
529 BCE
20. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
c. 500 BCE
544 BCE
753 BCE
305 BCE
21. 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.
460 BCE
44 BCE
776 BCE
185 BCE
22. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
586 BCE
44 BCE
525 BCE
335
23. 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
400 BCE
44 BCE
563 BCE
458 BCE
24. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
460 BCE
250 BCE
660 BCE
745 BCE
25. Death of Socrates
44 BCE
c. 600 BCE
600 BCE
399 BCE
26. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
432 BCE
79
354
202 BCE
27. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
257 BCE
326 BCE
207 BCE
525 BCE
28. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
207 BCE
728 BCE
280
49 BCE
29. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
776 BCE
600 BCE
321 BCE
700 BCE
30. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
525 BCE
753 BCE
384 BCE
550 BCE
31. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
429 BCE
458 BCE
111 BCE
220
32. Birth of Aristotle
447 BCE
384 BCE
207 BCE
c. 200 BCE
33. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
c. 600 BCE
313
c. 455
399 BCE
34. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
9
429 BCE
207 BCE
458 BCE
35. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
226
9
600 BCE
458 BCE
36. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
465 BCE
508 BCE
539 BCE
250 BCE
37. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
111 BCE
546 BCE
6 BCE
323 BCE
38. Sunga Empire founded.
185 BCE
424 BCE
600 BCE
221 BCE
39. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
c. 500 BCE
483 BCE
313
326 BCE
40. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
460 BCE
c. 600 BCE
480 BCE
238
41. Death of Confucius
378
479 BCE
331 BCE
460 BCE
42. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
525 BCE
465 BCE
490 BCE
200 BCE
43. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
202 BCE
c. 200 BCE
192
280
44. Construction of the Parthenon
335
410
432 BCE
458 BCE
45. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
395
257 BCE
79
600 BCE
46. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
221 BCE
325
722 BCE
49 BCE
47. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
612 BCE
335
384 BCE
6 BCE
48. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
185 BCE
600 BCE
400 BCE
653 BCE
49. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
400 BCE
221 BCE
551 BCE
232 BCE
50. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
202 BCE
6 BCE
549 BCE
c. 100 BCE