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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. 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






2. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.






3. Construction of the Parthenon






4. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.






5. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.






6. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






7. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






8. Democracy instituted atAthens






9. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.






10. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






11. Death of Confucius






12. Birth of Socrates






13. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.






14. Death of Cyrus






15. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






16. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






17. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






18. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






19. 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






20. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.






21. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire






22. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






23. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






24. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






25. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.






26. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






27. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought






28. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization






29. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed






30. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians






31. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great






32. completion of Euclid's Elements






33. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ






34. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.






35. Sunga Empire founded.






36. Death of Socrates






37. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






38. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






39. Death of Gautama Buddha






40. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






41. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought






42. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.






43. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






44. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit






45. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton






46. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)






47. Murder of Xerxes






48. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






49. Democracy instituted atAthens






50. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon