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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
273 BCE
44 BCE
207 BCE
508 BCE
2. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
586 BCE
745 BCE
226
525 BCE
3. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
460 BCE
70
700 BCE
44 BCE
4. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
185 BCE
313
612 BCE
79
5. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
354
410
550 BCE
460 BCE
6. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
117
429 BCE
549 BCE
586 BCE
7. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
117
79
429 BCE
9
8. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
146 BCE
44 BCE
335
400 BCE
9. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
395
331 BCE
14
313
10. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
400 BCE
c. 600 BCE
460 BCE
c. 455
11. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
220
202 BCE
551 BCE
410
12. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
220
490 BCE
49 BCE
776 BCE
13. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
404 BCE
326 BCE
612 BCE
202 BCE
14. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
776 BCE
335
117
500 BCE
15. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
207 BCE
722 BCE
653 BCE
232 BCE
16. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
458 BCE
424 BCE
68
722 BCE
17. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
c. 100 BCE
612 BCE
44 BCE
600 BCE
18. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
280
331 BCE
68
354
19. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
600 BCE
544 BCE
395
331 BCE
20. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
475 BCE
335
745 BCE
728 BCE
21. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
378
424 BCE
325
563 BCE
22. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
c. 455
117
331 BCE
238
23. Democracy instituted atAthens
232 BCE
508 BCE
447 BCE
378
24. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
429 BCE
220
226
384 BCE
25. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
509 BCE
551 BCE
323 BCE
146 BCE
26. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
305 BCE
549 BCE
544 BCE
700 BCE
27. Sunga Empire founded.
325
49 BCE
500 BCE
185 BCE
28. 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.
221 BCE
192
202 BCE
378
29. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
44 BCE
525 BCE
400 BCE
378
30. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
400 BCE
111 BCE
273 BCE
500 BCE
31. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
508 BCE
539 BCE
354
395
32. Rise of Persian Empire
378
653 BCE
226
544 BCE
33. Sunga Empire founded.
185 BCE
529 BCE
9
458 BCE
34. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
232 BCE
207 BCE
500 BCE
111 BCE
35. Democracy instituted atAthens
776 BCE
480 BCE
79
508 BCE
36. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
c. 600 BCE
475 BCE
550 BCE
202 BCE
37. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
509 BCE
207 BCE
776 BCE
185 BCE
38. Rise of the Median Empire
479 BCE
728 BCE
424 BCE
4 BCE
39. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
c. 512 BCE
325
432 BCE
14
40. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
404 BCE
305 BCE
250 BCE
c. 200 BCE
41. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
285
c. 200 BCE
722 BCE
313
42. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
273 BCE
475 BCE
404 BCE
226
43. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
722 BCE
238
404 BCE
280
44. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
325
460 BCE
745 BCE
280
45. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
529 BCE
c. 455
202 BCE
465 BCE
46. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
460 BCE
44 BCE
29
232 BCE
47. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
600 BCE
447 BCE
544 BCE
221 BCE
48. Death of Cyrus
321 BCE
529 BCE
185 BCE
480 BCE
49. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
479 BCE
660 BCE
479 BCE
200 BCE
50. completion of Euclid's Elements
c. 500 BCE
70
c. 455
305 BCE