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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
753 BCE
509 BCE
722 BCE
285
2. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
200s
500 BCE
400 BCE
429 BCE
3. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
192
600 BCE
c. 500 BCE
550 BCE
4. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
273 BCE
490 BCE
44 BCE
6 BCE
5. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
500 BCE
70
612 BCE
378
6. Death of Cyrus
384 BCE
753 BCE
469 BCE
529 BCE
7. Birth of Socrates
326 BCE
321 BCE
395
469 BCE
8. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
326 BCE
551 BCE
250 BCE
273 BCE
9. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
300 BCE
447 BCE
458 BCE
722 BCE
10. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
44 BCE
378
544 BCE
432 BCE
11. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
549 BCE
460 BCE
400 BCE
378
12. Defeat of Gordian III (238
378
238
508 BCE
728 BCE
13. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
326 BCE
546 BCE
745 BCE
400 BCE
14. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
335
600 BCE
469 BCE
9
15. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
660 BCE
221 BCE
354
273 BCE
16. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
539 BCE
146 BCE
331 BCE
14
17. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
550 BCE
280
331 BCE
c. 100 BCE
18. 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
238
331 BCE
c. 100 BCE
476
19. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
549 BCE
722 BCE
480 BCE
653 BCE
20. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
447 BCE
410
395
544 BCE
21. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
273 BCE
9
68
300 BCE
22. 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
202 BCE
700 BCE
c. 600 BCE
305 BCE
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
563 BCE
226
c. 200 BCE
600 BCE
24. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
384 BCE
230 BCE
335
226
25. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
18 BCE
321 BCE
509 BCE
404 BCE
26. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
429 BCE
660 BCE
14
29
27. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
325
192
44 BCE
250 BCE
28. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
550 BCE
300 BCE
220
29
29. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
563 BCE
14
465 BCE
483 BCE
30. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
700 BCE
44 BCE
305 BCE
509 BCE
31. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
226
230 BCE
202 BCE
44 BCE
32. Death of Gautama Buddha
70
111 BCE
483 BCE
475 BCE
33. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
500 BCE
722 BCE
612 BCE
551 BCE
34. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
6 BCE
c. 455
600 BCE
c. 200 BCE
35. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
490 BCE
525 BCE
14
447 BCE
36. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
400 BCE
480 BCE
44 BCE
475 BCE
37. Sunga Empire founded.
384 BCE
335
185 BCE
18 BCE
38. Defeat of Gordian III (238
300 BCE
612 BCE
529 BCE
238
39. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
546 BCE
404 BCE
331 BCE
660 BCE
40. 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.
447 BCE
305 BCE
c. 200 BCE
508 BCE
41. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
207 BCE
728 BCE
200 BCE
c. 200 BCE
42. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
490 BCE
313
776 BCE
117
43. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
424 BCE
300 BCE
321 BCE
111 BCE
44. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
117
551 BCE
563 BCE
480 BCE
45. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
200s
68
326 BCE
230 BCE
46. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
226
400 BCE
29
546 BCE
47. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
395
700 BCE
586 BCE
323 BCE
48. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
410
232 BCE
753 BCE
325
49. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
395
500 BCE
4 BCE
300 BCE
50. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
586 BCE
18 BCE
200 BCE
325