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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
c. 500 BCE
321 BCE
432 BCE
551 BCE
2. 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
c. 200 BCE
563 BCE
476
480 BCE
3. Construction of the Parthenon
429 BCE
432 BCE
700 BCE
745 BCE
4. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
200s
c. 455
117
c. 200 BCE
5. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
600 BCE
18 BCE
745 BCE
476
6. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
378
c. 512 BCE
321 BCE
4 BCE
7. 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.
753 BCE
539 BCE
776 BCE
404 BCE
8. Death of Cyrus
529 BCE
508 BCE
509 BCE
378
9. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
200 BCE
722 BCE
546 BCE
700 BCE
10. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
432 BCE
238
400 BCE
549 BCE
11. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
384 BCE
432 BCE
226
400 BCE
12. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
509 BCE
384 BCE
79
68
13. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
745 BCE
500 BCE
c. 100 BCE
586 BCE
14. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
508 BCE
9
326 BCE
200s
15. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
728 BCE
c. 200 BCE
728 BCE
29
16. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
200s
410
447 BCE
544 BCE
17. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
321 BCE
745 BCE
378
68
18. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
399 BCE
384 BCE
146 BCE
202 BCE
19. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
c. 455
6 BCE
586 BCE
483 BCE
20. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
192
70
586 BCE
483 BCE
21. Murder of Xerxes
465 BCE
539 BCE
745 BCE
323 BCE
22. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
460 BCE
335
539 BCE
226
23. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
546 BCE
480 BCE
550 BCE
221 BCE
24. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
230 BCE
c. 455
612 BCE
14
25. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
49 BCE
4 BCE
429 BCE
202 BCE
26. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
546 BCE
469 BCE
500 BCE
354
27. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
424 BCE
331 BCE
326 BCE
44 BCE
28. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
539 BCE
475 BCE
70
200s
29. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
544 BCE
600 BCE
285
546 BCE
30. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
354
300 BCE
475 BCE
323 BCE
31. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
529 BCE
722 BCE
490 BCE
238
32. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
660 BCE
192
447 BCE
529 BCE
33. 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.
776 BCE
230 BCE
326 BCE
722 BCE
34. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
18 BCE
600 BCE
c. 455
400 BCE
35. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
476
9
192
490 BCE
36. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
539 BCE
404 BCE
250 BCE
660 BCE
37. Rise of the Median Empire
700 BCE
728 BCE
509 BCE
226
38. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
221 BCE
600 BCE
508 BCE
612 BCE
39. Sunga Empire founded.
185 BCE
207 BCE
326 BCE
447 BCE
40. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
509 BCE
529 BCE
404 BCE
384 BCE
41. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
326 BCE
509 BCE
700 BCE
305 BCE
42. 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
202 BCE
250 BCE
c. 500 BCE
70
43. Birth of Aristotle
660 BCE
395
384 BCE
776 BCE
44. 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.
200 BCE
753 BCE
221 BCE
232 BCE
45. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
c. 512 BCE
192
c. 100 BCE
230 BCE
46. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
432 BCE
c. 600 BCE
508 BCE
c. 512 BCE
47. Rise of the Median Empire
200 BCE
728 BCE
c. 500 BCE
313
48. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
202 BCE
483 BCE
722 BCE
313
49. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
280
722 BCE
300 BCE
331 BCE
50. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
326 BCE
230 BCE
68
460 BCE
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