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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
220
68
400 BCE
331 BCE
2. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
230 BCE
238
745 BCE
722 BCE
3. Birth of Socrates
465 BCE
18 BCE
469 BCE
400 BCE
4. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
424 BCE
146 BCE
525 BCE
c. 200 BCE
5. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
600 BCE
483 BCE
476
29
6. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
273 BCE
117
111 BCE
305 BCE
7. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
378
653 BCE
460 BCE
544 BCE
8. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
544 BCE
200s
300 BCE
354
9. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
660 BCE
700 BCE
18 BCE
280
10. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
546 BCE
660 BCE
483 BCE
c. 100 BCE
11. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
18 BCE
500 BCE
745 BCE
432 BCE
12. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
29
326 BCE
544 BCE
232 BCE
13. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
257 BCE
6 BCE
273 BCE
395
14. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
400 BCE
6 BCE
202 BCE
378
15. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
429 BCE
400 BCE
563 BCE
6 BCE
16. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
230 BCE
500 BCE
49 BCE
776 BCE
17. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
c. 512 BCE
c. 200 BCE
44 BCE
612 BCE
18. Death of Gautama Buddha
483 BCE
500 BCE
460 BCE
776 BCE
19. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
c. 200 BCE
429 BCE
508 BCE
c. 512 BCE
20. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
29
354
79
192
21. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
563 BCE
745 BCE
335
29
22. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
70
9
273 BCE
600 BCE
23. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
6 BCE
490 BCE
14
326 BCE
24. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
539 BCE
68
753 BCE
257 BCE
25. Birth of Aristotle
500 BCE
220
384 BCE
500 BCE
26. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
300 BCE
429 BCE
490 BCE
480 BCE
27. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
200s
550 BCE
70
220
28. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
529 BCE
384 BCE
399 BCE
509 BCE
29. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
722 BCE
230 BCE
300 BCE
6 BCE
30. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
226
753 BCE
424 BCE
432 BCE
31. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
399 BCE
44 BCE
539 BCE
6 BCE
32. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
395
546 BCE
238
273 BCE
33. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
111 BCE
476
44 BCE
221 BCE
34. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
400 BCE
500 BCE
79
49 BCE
35. 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
525 BCE
202 BCE
563 BCE
220
36. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
549 BCE
c. 455
273 BCE
200 BCE
37. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
200s
660 BCE
399 BCE
192
38. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
29
479 BCE
490 BCE
550 BCE
39. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
230 BCE
221 BCE
68
300 BCE
40. Democracy instituted atAthens
546 BCE
273 BCE
508 BCE
563 BCE
41. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
323 BCE
490 BCE
551 BCE
9
42. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
273 BCE
429 BCE
c. 455
500 BCE
43. Birth of Socrates
469 BCE
550 BCE
539 BCE
600 BCE
44. completion of Euclid's Elements
612 BCE
600 BCE
c. 500 BCE
14
45. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
404 BCE
745 BCE
230 BCE
544 BCE
46. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
200s
4 BCE
475 BCE
321 BCE
47. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
c. 600 BCE
378
257 BCE
335
48. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
79
546 BCE
529 BCE
c. 600 BCE
49. Death of Socrates
280
753 BCE
399 BCE
429 BCE
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.
200 BCE
776 BCE
400 BCE
220
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