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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
226
c. 600 BCE
18 BCE
424 BCE
2. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
384 BCE
508 BCE
460 BCE
745 BCE
3. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
395
79
280
200 BCE
4. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
432 BCE
44 BCE
192
399 BCE
5. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
500 BCE
728 BCE
483 BCE
79
6. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
192
68
400 BCE
586 BCE
7. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
410
146 BCE
c. 512 BCE
300 BCE
8. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
202 BCE
44 BCE
745 BCE
323 BCE
9. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
250 BCE
68
44 BCE
539 BCE
10. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
447 BCE
221 BCE
500 BCE
399 BCE
11. 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
273 BCE
323 BCE
529 BCE
12. Death of Confucius
447 BCE
776 BCE
479 BCE
14
13. Death of Gautama Buddha
335
232 BCE
483 BCE
475 BCE
14. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
68
460 BCE
29
44 BCE
15. 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
c. 500 BCE
722 BCE
600 BCE
476
16. 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
753 BCE
429 BCE
202 BCE
111 BCE
17. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
410
117
508 BCE
722 BCE
18. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
399 BCE
509 BCE
c. 455
600 BCE
19. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
745 BCE
660 BCE
500 BCE
404 BCE
20. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
378
550 BCE
185 BCE
612 BCE
21. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
257 BCE
226
432 BCE
9
22. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
14
722 BCE
44 BCE
551 BCE
23. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
29
c. 200 BCE
232 BCE
476
24. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
546 BCE
331 BCE
273 BCE
326 BCE
25. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
70
14
480 BCE
586 BCE
26. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
29
410
447 BCE
424 BCE
27. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
460 BCE
117
404 BCE
395
28. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
68
146 BCE
280
9
29. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
c. 455
300 BCE
460 BCE
500 BCE
30. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
475 BCE
378
192
79
31. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
326 BCE
600 BCE
14
305 BCE
32. 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
508 BCE
c. 512 BCE
563 BCE
539 BCE
33. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
490 BCE
475 BCE
479 BCE
335
34. Defeat of Gordian III (238
238
325
c. 100 BCE
331 BCE
35. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
722 BCE
700 BCE
660 BCE
200s
36. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
313
c. 500 BCE
550 BCE
280
37. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
722 BCE
200 BCE
745 BCE
508 BCE
38. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
9
586 BCE
285
192
39. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
384 BCE
700 BCE
460 BCE
429 BCE
40. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
325
146 BCE
508 BCE
331 BCE
41. Murder of Xerxes
68
300 BCE
323 BCE
465 BCE
42. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
745 BCE
325
146 BCE
220
43. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
500 BCE
c. 100 BCE
146 BCE
4 BCE
44. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
200s
192
207 BCE
111 BCE
45. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
612 BCE
c. 512 BCE
529 BCE
410
46. Birth of Socrates
490 BCE
479 BCE
753 BCE
469 BCE
47. Birth of Aristotle
384 BCE
c. 512 BCE
400 BCE
529 BCE
48. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
68
323 BCE
550 BCE
9
49. Defeat of Gordian III (238
285
146 BCE
9
238
50. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
384 BCE
509 BCE
c. 512 BCE
200s