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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Construction of the Parthenon
483 BCE
465 BCE
424 BCE
432 BCE
2. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
612 BCE
226
563 BCE
117
3. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
475 BCE
68
722 BCE
354
4. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
117
460 BCE
70
508 BCE
5. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
525 BCE
325
458 BCE
745 BCE
6. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
323 BCE
49 BCE
509 BCE
600 BCE
7. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
509 BCE
335
c. 455
384 BCE
8. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
285
404 BCE
331 BCE
273 BCE
9. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
378
483 BCE
331 BCE
500 BCE
10. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
192
529 BCE
745 BCE
563 BCE
11. Construction of the Parthenon
550 BCE
313
202 BCE
432 BCE
12. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
29
250 BCE
432 BCE
600 BCE
13. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
469 BCE
257 BCE
469 BCE
9
14. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
508 BCE
c. 200 BCE
313
4 BCE
15. 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.
313
490 BCE
285
221 BCE
16. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
192
722 BCE
525 BCE
273 BCE
17. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
c. 100 BCE
508 BCE
660 BCE
525 BCE
18. 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
384 BCE
563 BCE
447 BCE
525 BCE
19. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
429 BCE
14
111 BCE
280
20. 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.
305 BCE
776 BCE
722 BCE
600 BCE
21. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
226
660 BCE
68
480 BCE
22. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
146 BCE
200s
321 BCE
4 BCE
23. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
226
508 BCE
29
460 BCE
24. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
600 BCE
202 BCE
14
257 BCE
25. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
202 BCE
551 BCE
300 BCE
c. 200 BCE
26. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
753 BCE
563 BCE
378
410
27. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
202 BCE
331 BCE
745 BCE
550 BCE
28. Democracy instituted atAthens
550 BCE
458 BCE
c. 100 BCE
508 BCE
29. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
200s
c. 200 BCE
326 BCE
586 BCE
30. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
509 BCE
480 BCE
220
600 BCE
31. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
354
49 BCE
745 BCE
230 BCE
32. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
250 BCE
c. 500 BCE
465 BCE
722 BCE
33. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
544 BCE
79
745 BCE
232 BCE
34. 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
202 BCE
476
111 BCE
238
35. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
500 BCE
280
475 BCE
465 BCE
36. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
200 BCE
220
490 BCE
79
37. Death of Confucius
c. 100 BCE
479 BCE
458 BCE
586 BCE
38. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
c. 512 BCE
500 BCE
325
230 BCE
39. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
424 BCE
207 BCE
525 BCE
200s
40. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
331 BCE
600 BCE
6 BCE
612 BCE
41. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
c. 200 BCE
753 BCE
500 BCE
273 BCE
42. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
79
410
49 BCE
480 BCE
43. Democracy instituted atAthens
232 BCE
4 BCE
70
508 BCE
44. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
400 BCE
300 BCE
285
305 BCE
45. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
238
300 BCE
460 BCE
c. 200 BCE
46. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
753 BCE
c. 200 BCE
273 BCE
117
47. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
117
551 BCE
331 BCE
44 BCE
48. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
404 BCE
285
200 BCE
68
49. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
331 BCE
378
586 BCE
722 BCE
50. Birth of Socrates
612 BCE
480 BCE
469 BCE
500 BCE