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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






2. Construction of the Parthenon






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






4. Birth of Socrates






5. Murder of Xerxes






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






7. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states






8. 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.






9. 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






10. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






11. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.






12. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






13. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






14. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






15. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






16. Birth of Aristotle






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






18. 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.






19. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






20. 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






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






22. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought






23. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






24. 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






25. Sunga Empire founded.






26. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire






27. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat






28. Defeat of Gordian III (238






29. Birth of Socrates






30. Murder of Xerxes






31. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






32. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ






33. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






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






35. Death of Cyrus






36. Democracy instituted atAthens






37. 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






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






39. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of






40. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






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






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






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






44. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






45. 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.






46. Death of Confucius






47. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon






48. completion of Euclid's Elements






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






50. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought