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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
612 BCE
49 BCE
508 BCE
378
2. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
384 BCE
111 BCE
257 BCE
220
3. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
490 BCE
257 BCE
4 BCE
429 BCE
4. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
653 BCE
79
745 BCE
c. 500 BCE
5. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
202 BCE
200 BCE
c. 455
539 BCE
6. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
232 BCE
79
429 BCE
c. 200 BCE
7. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
525 BCE
285
117
400 BCE
8. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
465 BCE
230 BCE
68
563 BCE
9. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
500 BCE
384 BCE
465 BCE
335
10. 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.
323 BCE
221 BCE
313
384 BCE
11. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
c. 600 BCE
220
14
70
12. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
257 BCE
200s
300 BCE
6 BCE
13. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
230 BCE
753 BCE
549 BCE
331 BCE
14. Rise of Persian Empire
232 BCE
653 BCE
753 BCE
335
15. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
300 BCE
c. 455
232 BCE
280
16. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
257 BCE
c. 500 BCE
192
404 BCE
17. Death of Confucius
429 BCE
325
479 BCE
546 BCE
18. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
18 BCE
722 BCE
400 BCE
525 BCE
19. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
500 BCE
354
207 BCE
300 BCE
20. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
600 BCE
539 BCE
483 BCE
79
21. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
728 BCE
539 BCE
49 BCE
250 BCE
22. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
c. 455
475 BCE
509 BCE
429 BCE
23. 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.
700 BCE
207 BCE
305 BCE
250 BCE
24. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
4 BCE
660 BCE
546 BCE
500 BCE
25. Democracy instituted atAthens
546 BCE
326 BCE
508 BCE
490 BCE
26. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
c. 500 BCE
447 BCE
500 BCE
753 BCE
27. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
79
c. 512 BCE
49 BCE
776 BCE
28. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
321 BCE
305 BCE
429 BCE
313
29. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
326 BCE
722 BCE
230 BCE
550 BCE
30. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
c. 600 BCE
331 BCE
500 BCE
4 BCE
31. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
465 BCE
335
79
508 BCE
32. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
424 BCE
230 BCE
612 BCE
483 BCE
33. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
326 BCE
202 BCE
285
273 BCE
34. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
300 BCE
200 BCE
395
68
35. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
546 BCE
326 BCE
321 BCE
728 BCE
36. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
250 BCE
14
447 BCE
257 BCE
37. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
250 BCE
44 BCE
563 BCE
220
38. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
378
551 BCE
424 BCE
321 BCE
39. Sunga Empire founded.
753 BCE
563 BCE
508 BCE
185 BCE
40. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
600 BCE
313
285
250 BCE
41. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
509 BCE
146 BCE
776 BCE
300 BCE
42. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
29
475 BCE
c. 455
325
43. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
202 BCE
335
475 BCE
476
44. Rise of the Median Empire
476
475 BCE
728 BCE
529 BCE
45. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
480 BCE
4 BCE
539 BCE
476
46. 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
335
280
479 BCE
563 BCE
47. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
323 BCE
9
44 BCE
600 BCE
48. Death of Socrates
399 BCE
395
280
111 BCE
49. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
745 BCE
313
586 BCE
549 BCE
50. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
280
550 BCE
745 BCE
458 BCE