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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Death of Gautama Buddha
250 BCE
323 BCE
9
483 BCE

2. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
68
200 BCE
410
429 BCE

3. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
c. 600 BCE
4 BCE
550 BCE
653 BCE

4. Sunga Empire founded.
250 BCE
544 BCE
185 BCE
221 BCE

5. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
70
447 BCE
600 BCE
500 BCE

6. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
490 BCE
700 BCE
745 BCE
68

7. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
238
563 BCE
753 BCE
68

8. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
509 BCE
586 BCE
44 BCE
335

9. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
500 BCE
500 BCE
400 BCE
6 BCE

10. Sunga Empire founded.
551 BCE
192
c. 455
185 BCE

11. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
525 BCE
432 BCE
354
226

12. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
544 BCE
117
722 BCE
9

13. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
539 BCE
202 BCE
226
4 BCE

14. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
745 BCE
325
354
117

15. Death of Cyrus
563 BCE
c. 512 BCE
529 BCE
700 BCE

16. Rise of Persian Empire
424 BCE
500 BCE
753 BCE
653 BCE

17. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
44 BCE
563 BCE
509 BCE
326 BCE

18. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
465 BCE
600 BCE
325
202 BCE

19. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
202 BCE
612 BCE
29
460 BCE

20. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
549 BCE
6 BCE
404 BCE
354

21. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
285
323 BCE
660 BCE
c. 455

22. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
c. 455
465 BCE
660 BCE
508 BCE

23. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
550 BCE
70
509 BCE
226

24. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
500 BCE
722 BCE
424 BCE
490 BCE

25. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
525 BCE
29
70
549 BCE

26. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
207 BCE
44 BCE
384 BCE
280

27. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
424 BCE
49 BCE
4 BCE
207 BCE

28. 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
745 BCE
202 BCE
354
79

29. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
400 BCE
c. 600 BCE
395
460 BCE

30. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
200s
192
250 BCE
653 BCE

31. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
29
146 BCE
546 BCE
612 BCE

32. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
549 BCE
202 BCE
70
544 BCE

33. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
544 BCE
335
221 BCE
460 BCE

34. 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
476
483 BCE
563 BCE
c. 600 BCE

35. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
395
400 BCE
354
70

36. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
395
70
549 BCE
612 BCE

37. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
745 BCE
563 BCE
424 BCE
6 BCE

38. 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
399 BCE
202 BCE
9
300 BCE

39. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
325
238
410
546 BCE

40. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
49 BCE
230 BCE
70
c. 100 BCE

41. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
384 BCE
753 BCE
c. 512 BCE
475 BCE

42. 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.
202 BCE
221 BCE
70
539 BCE

43. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
480 BCE
525 BCE
539 BCE
460 BCE

44. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
321 BCE
490 BCE
14
4 BCE

45. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
220
111 BCE
326 BCE
483 BCE

46. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
273 BCE
400 BCE
546 BCE
480 BCE

47. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
500 BCE
612 BCE
480 BCE
6 BCE

48. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
326 BCE
476
490 BCE
432 BCE

49. Death of Socrates
399 BCE
776 BCE
6 BCE
354

50. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
323 BCE
544 BCE
509 BCE
354