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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. 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
404 BCE
326 BCE
238

2. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
325
c. 200 BCE
399 BCE
563 BCE

3. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
207 BCE
185 BCE
586 BCE
79

4. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
660 BCE
200 BCE
79
44 BCE

5. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
c. 500 BCE
192
475 BCE
424 BCE

6. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
146 BCE
586 BCE
549 BCE
257 BCE

7. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
335
326 BCE
546 BCE
9

8. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
c. 500 BCE
331 BCE
600 BCE
29

9. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
117
300 BCE
305 BCE
220

10. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
458 BCE
539 BCE
354
313

11. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
500 BCE
447 BCE
331 BCE
335

12. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
202 BCE
400 BCE
29
410

13. 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
c. 500 BCE
202 BCE
525 BCE
550 BCE

14. Death of Socrates
399 BCE
226
475 BCE
586 BCE

15. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
185 BCE
539 BCE
230 BCE
354

16. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
400 BCE
c. 200 BCE
600 BCE
354

17. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
202 BCE
257 BCE
475 BCE
384 BCE

18. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
700 BCE
509 BCE
490 BCE
220

19. Birth of Socrates
469 BCE
384 BCE
529 BCE
404 BCE

20. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
529 BCE
460 BCE
326 BCE
313

21. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
476
29
399 BCE
232 BCE

22. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
70
335
509 BCE
447 BCE

23. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
117
c. 500 BCE
226
469 BCE

24. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
68
111 BCE
200s
378

25. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
546 BCE
321 BCE
4 BCE
c. 200 BCE

26. Death of Socrates
399 BCE
238
424 BCE
460 BCE

27. Sunga Empire founded.
c. 100 BCE
469 BCE
326 BCE
185 BCE

28. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
612 BCE
18 BCE
465 BCE
700 BCE

29. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
722 BCE
250 BCE
226
460 BCE

30. Defeat of Gordian III (238
469 BCE
238
c. 500 BCE
192

31. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
660 BCE
745 BCE
c. 600 BCE
79

32. completion of Euclid's Elements
460 BCE
753 BCE
539 BCE
c. 500 BCE

33. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
4 BCE
14
321 BCE
220

34. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
79
490 BCE
600 BCE
323 BCE

35. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
529 BCE
563 BCE
18 BCE
480 BCE

36. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
232 BCE
18 BCE
429 BCE
549 BCE

37. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
447 BCE
500 BCE
6 BCE
273 BCE

38. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
483 BCE
c. 512 BCE
612 BCE
429 BCE

39. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
44 BCE
753 BCE
49 BCE
202 BCE

40. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
230 BCE
551 BCE
202 BCE
321 BCE

41. Rise of Persian Empire
653 BCE
c. 200 BCE
117
429 BCE

42. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
323 BCE
508 BCE
600 BCE
c. 512 BCE

43. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
550 BCE
354
49 BCE
c. 500 BCE

44. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
480 BCE
563 BCE
475 BCE
600 BCE

45. Construction of the Parthenon
432 BCE
469 BCE
250 BCE
185 BCE

46. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
111 BCE
220
6 BCE
313

47. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
378
185 BCE
325
550 BCE

48. Rise of Persian Empire
653 BCE
400 BCE
563 BCE
660 BCE

49. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
612 BCE
192
c. 100 BCE
14

50. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
546 BCE
465 BCE
326 BCE
146 BCE