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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
525 BCE
480 BCE
410
c. 100 BCE

2. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
185 BCE
722 BCE
257 BCE
111 BCE

3. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
14
479 BCE
280
326 BCE

4. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
612 BCE
424 BCE
529 BCE
600 BCE

5. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
4 BCE
323 BCE
384 BCE
202 BCE

6. Rise of the Median Empire
728 BCE
480 BCE
273 BCE
410

7. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
c. 100 BCE
300 BCE
c. 600 BCE
753 BCE

8. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
509 BCE
111 BCE
544 BCE
230 BCE

9. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
146 BCE
14
285
321 BCE

10. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
612 BCE
660 BCE
460 BCE
257 BCE

11. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
480 BCE
4 BCE
509 BCE
250 BCE

12. 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.
4 BCE
117
331 BCE
221 BCE

13. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
600 BCE
250 BCE
326 BCE
475 BCE

14. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
546 BCE
399 BCE
238
207 BCE

15. completion of Euclid's Elements
c. 500 BCE
70
354
509 BCE

16. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
207 BCE
257 BCE
335
192

17. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
250 BCE
230 BCE
458 BCE
549 BCE

18. Birth of Socrates
475 BCE
469 BCE
458 BCE
508 BCE

19. Murder of Xerxes
200s
465 BCE
29
429 BCE

20. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
544 BCE
192
728 BCE
429 BCE

21. Murder of Xerxes
395
4 BCE
238
465 BCE

22. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
285
539 BCE
551 BCE
202 BCE

23. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
335
c. 600 BCE
79
207 BCE

24. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
9
600 BCE
305 BCE
226

25. Birth of Socrates
238
500 BCE
232 BCE
469 BCE

26. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
230 BCE
399 BCE
285
326 BCE

27. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
220
202 BCE
612 BCE
c. 100 BCE

28. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
326 BCE
549 BCE
285
29

29. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
549 BCE
232 BCE
c. 500 BCE
465 BCE

30. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
500 BCE
79
250 BCE
238

31. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
257 BCE
c. 200 BCE
238
400 BCE

32. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
c. 512 BCE
335
475 BCE
447 BCE

33. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
460 BCE
653 BCE
544 BCE
300 BCE

34. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
220
563 BCE
200s
273 BCE

35. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
354
508 BCE
335
c. 600 BCE

36. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
273 BCE
404 BCE
546 BCE
280

37. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
4 BCE
458 BCE
529 BCE
325

38. Death of Socrates
465 BCE
399 BCE
509 BCE
c. 512 BCE

39. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
323 BCE
285
146 BCE
469 BCE

40. 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
220
447 BCE
202 BCE
460 BCE

41. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
653 BCE
475 BCE
c. 500 BCE
424 BCE

42. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
460 BCE
9
525 BCE
29

43. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
612 BCE
429 BCE
238
500 BCE

44. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
600 BCE
200 BCE
395
117

45. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
300 BCE
745 BCE
79
331 BCE

46. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
285
117
378
539 BCE

47. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
509 BCE
250 BCE
313
432 BCE

48. Sunga Empire founded.
79
399 BCE
185 BCE
300 BCE

49. 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.
612 BCE
378
18 BCE
305 BCE

50. 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
745 BCE
476
400 BCE
300 BCE