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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Construction of the Parthenon
432 BCE
600 BCE
c. 455
525 BCE

2. Rise of the Median Empire
460 BCE
331 BCE
728 BCE
29

3. 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
612 BCE
202 BCE
c. 500 BCE
c. 200 BCE

4. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
483 BCE
500 BCE
257 BCE
192

5. Death of Gautama Buddha
546 BCE
490 BCE
483 BCE
395

6. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
257 BCE
509 BCE
479 BCE
476

7. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
612 BCE
410
230 BCE
525 BCE

8. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
c. 455
18 BCE
273 BCE
612 BCE

9. 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.
c. 100 BCE
305 BCE
424 BCE
660 BCE

10. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
700 BCE
323 BCE
280
c. 200 BCE

11. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
447 BCE
429 BCE
660 BCE
c. 200 BCE

12. Death of Socrates
399 BCE
722 BCE
400 BCE
546 BCE

13. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
469 BCE
745 BCE
c. 455
323 BCE

14. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
753 BCE
300 BCE
c. 512 BCE
325

15. 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
321 BCE
563 BCE
700 BCE
550 BCE

16. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
745 BCE
280
207 BCE
238

17. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
600 BCE
410
49 BCE
323 BCE

18. Rise of the Median Empire
728 BCE
285
465 BCE
313

19. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
68
200 BCE
490 BCE
273 BCE

20. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
500 BCE
49 BCE
68
544 BCE

21. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
117
378
529 BCE
395

22. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
447 BCE
79
745 BCE
500 BCE

23. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
185 BCE
273 BCE
378
653 BCE

24. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
529 BCE
207 BCE
384 BCE
111 BCE

25. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
6 BCE
529 BCE
117
500 BCE

26. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
226
539 BCE
500 BCE
400 BCE

27. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
117
479 BCE
70
500 BCE

28. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
410
432 BCE
660 BCE
70

29. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
722 BCE
280
550 BCE
551 BCE

30. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
500 BCE
549 BCE
700 BCE
68

31. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
600 BCE
202 BCE
192
600 BCE

32. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
68
313
305 BCE
c. 100 BCE

33. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
378
529 BCE
509 BCE
c. 512 BCE

34. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
475 BCE
230 BCE
250 BCE
202 BCE

35. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
432 BCE
300 BCE
79
539 BCE

36. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
549 BCE
384 BCE
273 BCE
335

37. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
776 BCE
285
447 BCE
9

38. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
429 BCE
424 BCE
508 BCE
546 BCE

39. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
539 BCE
432 BCE
404 BCE
325

40. Birth of Aristotle
192
384 BCE
550 BCE
79

41. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
331 BCE
483 BCE
378
c. 200 BCE

42. completion of Euclid's Elements
728 BCE
424 BCE
612 BCE
c. 500 BCE

43. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
c. 512 BCE
460 BCE
776 BCE
146 BCE

44. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
399 BCE
285
230 BCE
400 BCE

45. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
313
9
331 BCE
458 BCE

46. Sunga Empire founded.
335
458 BCE
185 BCE
192

47. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
185 BCE
202 BCE
70
305 BCE

48. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
465 BCE
68
313
321 BCE

49. Death of Gautama Buddha
14
331 BCE
111 BCE
483 BCE

50. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
29
384 BCE
776 BCE
226