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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
18 BCE
529 BCE
313
458 BCE

2. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
460 BCE
551 BCE
400 BCE
410

3. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
305 BCE
432 BCE
226
475 BCE

4. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
c. 512 BCE
230 BCE
469 BCE
722 BCE

5. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
424 BCE
300 BCE
600 BCE
c. 512 BCE

6. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
c. 512 BCE
200 BCE
404 BCE
c. 600 BCE

7. 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
476
257 BCE
111 BCE
285

8. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
745 BCE
525 BCE
285
202 BCE

9. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
544 BCE
539 BCE
550 BCE
202 BCE

10. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
321 BCE
202 BCE
232 BCE
745 BCE

11. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
410
207 BCE
68
399 BCE

12. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
250 BCE
539 BCE
14
354

13. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
700 BCE
404 BCE
18 BCE
326 BCE

14. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
354
321 BCE
546 BCE
300 BCE

15. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
230 BCE
c. 500 BCE
335
70

16. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
220
29
400 BCE
490 BCE

17. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
745 BCE
c. 512 BCE
14
600 BCE

18. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
323 BCE
68
600 BCE
250 BCE

19. Birth of Socrates
469 BCE
483 BCE
508 BCE
300 BCE

20. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
232 BCE
410
480 BCE
776 BCE

21. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
202 BCE
525 BCE
475 BCE
410

22. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
483 BCE
14
202 BCE
544 BCE

23. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
257 BCE
321 BCE
4 BCE
354

24. Sunga Empire founded.
185 BCE
9
395
c. 500 BCE

25. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
447 BCE
117
549 BCE
378

26. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
207 BCE
238
c. 455
70

27. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
410
728 BCE
70
c. 100 BCE

28. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
490 BCE
490 BCE
146 BCE
660 BCE

29. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
476
185 BCE
424 BCE
192

30. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
226
700 BCE
44 BCE
300 BCE

31. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
460 BCE
335
745 BCE
200s

32. completion of Euclid's Elements
600 BCE
753 BCE
404 BCE
c. 500 BCE

33. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
399 BCE
29
c. 512 BCE
331 BCE

34. Death of Confucius
447 BCE
479 BCE
6 BCE
335

35. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
447 BCE
508 BCE
500 BCE
424 BCE

36. 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
539 BCE
202 BCE
6 BCE
49 BCE

37. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
475 BCE
220
500 BCE
776 BCE

38. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
273 BCE
475 BCE
508 BCE
29

39. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
404 BCE
68
399 BCE
313

40. 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.
221 BCE
753 BCE
117
483 BCE

41. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
600 BCE
335
410
600 BCE

42. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
18 BCE
325
460 BCE
226

43. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
429 BCE
c. 500 BCE
549 BCE
c. 100 BCE

44. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
354
29
14
728 BCE

45. Democracy instituted atAthens
6 BCE
305 BCE
44 BCE
508 BCE

46. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
331 BCE
500 BCE
546 BCE
483 BCE

47. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
544 BCE
202 BCE
458 BCE
400 BCE

48. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
354
230 BCE
479 BCE
475 BCE

49. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
525 BCE
483 BCE
14
c. 200 BCE

50. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
480 BCE
79
700 BCE
660 BCE