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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
257 BCE
250 BCE
500 BCE
323 BCE

2. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
257 BCE
29
331 BCE
549 BCE

3. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
146 BCE
331 BCE
776 BCE
221 BCE

4. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
480 BCE
612 BCE
c. 100 BCE
4 BCE

5. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
29
207 BCE
18 BCE
313

6. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
207 BCE
200 BCE
722 BCE
476

7. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
722 BCE
429 BCE
395
335

8. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
221 BCE
18 BCE
465 BCE
395

9. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
354
323 BCE
238
480 BCE

10. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
551 BCE
200 BCE
653 BCE
546 BCE

11. Sunga Empire founded.
525 BCE
185 BCE
600 BCE
323 BCE

12. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
600 BCE
458 BCE
745 BCE
378

13. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
44 BCE
424 BCE
600 BCE
525 BCE

14. 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
546 BCE
226
14

15. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
544 BCE
c. 512 BCE
49 BCE
257 BCE

16. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
257 BCE
612 BCE
226
475 BCE

17. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
111 BCE
70
250 BCE
117

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.
550 BCE
300 BCE
728 BCE
305 BCE

19. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
404 BCE
146 BCE
207 BCE
508 BCE

20. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
285
460 BCE
202 BCE
c. 512 BCE

21. Birth of Socrates
280
384 BCE
469 BCE
c. 100 BCE

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

23. Birth of Aristotle
c. 600 BCE
384 BCE
146 BCE
221 BCE

24. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
c. 455
550 BCE
525 BCE
460 BCE

25. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
483 BCE
273 BCE
500 BCE
384 BCE

26. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
563 BCE
257 BCE
c. 600 BCE
600 BCE

27. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
550 BCE
525 BCE
230 BCE
202 BCE

28. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
220
551 BCE
226
563 BCE

29. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
c. 455
500 BCE
546 BCE
480 BCE

30. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
68
753 BCE
226
378

31. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
280
354
14
c. 100 BCE

32. Rise of the Median Empire
335
c. 100 BCE
465 BCE
728 BCE

33. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
550 BCE
230 BCE
c. 100 BCE
68

34. Democracy instituted atAthens
321 BCE
475 BCE
508 BCE
600 BCE

35. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
700 BCE
9
c. 500 BCE
232 BCE

36. 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
563 BCE
280
49 BCE
200s

37. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
745 BCE
546 BCE
111 BCE
273 BCE

38. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
146 BCE
600 BCE
395
399 BCE

39. 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
202 BCE
6 BCE
70
321 BCE

40. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
79
9
753 BCE
424 BCE

41. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
280
250 BCE
335
323 BCE

42. Rise of the Median Empire
728 BCE
586 BCE
335
111 BCE

43. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
500 BCE
378
250 BCE
18 BCE

44. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
c. 512 BCE
399 BCE
4 BCE
232 BCE

45. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
544 BCE
404 BCE
460 BCE
44 BCE

46. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
508 BCE
776 BCE
563 BCE
323 BCE

47. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
549 BCE
424 BCE
111 BCE
400 BCE

48. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
68
230 BCE
185 BCE
c. 500 BCE

49. Birth of Socrates
458 BCE
660 BCE
429 BCE
469 BCE

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