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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
586 BCE
753 BCE
c. 100 BCE
335

2. completion of Euclid's Elements
600 BCE
c. 500 BCE
460 BCE
111 BCE

3. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
326 BCE
49 BCE
300 BCE
c. 455

4. 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
546 BCE
550 BCE
280
202 BCE

5. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
70
508 BCE
49 BCE
600 BCE

6. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
476
424 BCE
460 BCE
29

7. completion of Euclid's Elements
549 BCE
250 BCE
c. 500 BCE
500 BCE

8. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
550 BCE
424 BCE
6 BCE
600 BCE

9. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
202 BCE
257 BCE
68
500 BCE

10. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
550 BCE
550 BCE
226
4 BCE

11. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
285
586 BCE
232 BCE
378

12. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
79
544 BCE
612 BCE
660 BCE

13. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
18 BCE
539 BCE
44 BCE
79

14. Rise of Persian Empire
200s
653 BCE
551 BCE
185 BCE

15. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
202 BCE
335
200s
476

16. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
539 BCE
325
331 BCE
200s

17. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
29
280
185 BCE
458 BCE

18. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
9
458 BCE
483 BCE
257 BCE

19. Democracy instituted atAthens
728 BCE
600 BCE
117
508 BCE

20. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
600 BCE
429 BCE
c. 100 BCE
9

21. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
469 BCE
400 BCE
600 BCE
200s

22. Death of Socrates
321 BCE
600 BCE
18 BCE
399 BCE

23. Birth of Socrates
551 BCE
550 BCE
500 BCE
469 BCE

24. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
202 BCE
200s
326 BCE
c. 500 BCE

25. 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.
305 BCE
653 BCE
544 BCE
490 BCE

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

27. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
549 BCE
404 BCE
600 BCE
c. 100 BCE

28. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
313
79
399 BCE
400 BCE

29. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
c. 100 BCE
509 BCE
14
111 BCE

30. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
458 BCE
331 BCE
586 BCE
483 BCE

31. 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
c. 455
404 BCE
323 BCE
476

32. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
70
49 BCE
550 BCE
490 BCE

33. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
192
c. 455
424 BCE
326 BCE

34. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
500 BCE
6 BCE
550 BCE
550 BCE

35. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
111 BCE
305 BCE
509 BCE
475 BCE

36. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
660 BCE
325
384 BCE
202 BCE

37. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
529 BCE
226
323 BCE
529 BCE

38. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
257 BCE
6 BCE
546 BCE
68

39. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
c. 100 BCE
29
192
230 BCE

40. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
117
563 BCE
469 BCE
c. 200 BCE

41. Birth of Aristotle
4 BCE
384 BCE
c. 512 BCE
458 BCE

42. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
220
285
612 BCE
465 BCE

43. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
600 BCE
539 BCE
c. 600 BCE
146 BCE

44. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
700 BCE
200s
500 BCE
480 BCE

45. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
325
546 BCE
117
250 BCE

46. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
378
226
79
612 BCE

47. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
250 BCE
745 BCE
226
410

48. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
480 BCE
321 BCE
207 BCE
529 BCE

49. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
273 BCE
146 BCE
600 BCE
500 BCE

50. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
305 BCE
280
458 BCE
313