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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.






2. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.






3. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.






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






5. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire






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






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






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






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






10. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






11. 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.






12. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico






13. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






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






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






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






17. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






18. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.






19. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire






20. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






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






22. 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.






23. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






24. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






25. 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






26. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.






27. Democracy instituted atAthens






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






29. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.






30. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






31. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela






32. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire






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






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






35. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






36. Sunga Empire founded.






37. Rise of the Median Empire






38. Birth of Socrates






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






40. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






41. Defeat of Gordian III (238






42. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






43. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






44. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






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






46. 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






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






48. Death of Gautama Buddha






49. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






50. 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.