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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






2. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






3. 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.






4. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.






5. Rise of Persian Empire






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






7. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






8. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.






9. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela






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






11. First recorded Olympic Games. The history of the Games is believed to reach as far back as the 13th century BCE but no older written record survives.






12. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.






13. Death of Gautama Buddha






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






15. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






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






17. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent






18. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






19. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






20. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords






21. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






22. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






23. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat






24. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






25. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire






26. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan






27. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






28. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.






29. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






30. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






31. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






32. 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






33. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






34. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan






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






36. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent






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






38. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire






39. 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






40. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.






41. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






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






43. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






44. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






45. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.






46. Death of Confucius






47. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great






48. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia






49. First recorded Olympic Games. The history of the Games is believed to reach as far back as the 13th century BCE but no older written record survives.






50. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.