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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords






2. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






3. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






4. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great






5. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.






6. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit






7. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)






8. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






9. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton






10. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.






11. 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.






12. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






13. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






14. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.






15. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.






16. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent






17. Death of Gautama Buddha






18. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.






19. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






20. 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






21. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






22. Rise of the Median Empire






23. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.






24. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians






25. Defeat of Gordian III (238






26. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed






27. Birth of Socrates






28. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






29. 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






30. Construction of the Parthenon






31. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






32. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan






33. 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.






34. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






35. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






36. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.






37. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great






38. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






39. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






40. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.






41. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






42. Death of Cyrus






43. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent






44. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne






45. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.






46. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.






47. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






48. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great






49. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia






50. Death of Socrates