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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
79
429 BCE
226
202 BCE

2. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
9
192
238
551 BCE

3. Construction of the Parthenon
432 BCE
325
653 BCE
500 BCE

4. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
220
68
14
323 BCE

5. Sunga Empire founded.
321 BCE
202 BCE
475 BCE
185 BCE

6. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
185 BCE
544 BCE
509 BCE
465 BCE

7. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
384 BCE
600 BCE
6 BCE
c. 200 BCE

8. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
9
207 BCE
399 BCE
660 BCE

9. 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
321 BCE
476
500 BCE
660 BCE

10. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
c. 200 BCE
250 BCE
273 BCE
660 BCE

11. Death of Socrates
c. 512 BCE
399 BCE
221 BCE
424 BCE

12. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
325
432 BCE
551 BCE
280

13. Murder of Xerxes
465 BCE
202 BCE
539 BCE
776 BCE

14. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
300 BCE
325
490 BCE
49 BCE

15. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
192
226
200 BCE
404 BCE

16. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
250 BCE
653 BCE
232 BCE
331 BCE

17. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
728 BCE
546 BCE
600 BCE
335

18. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
257 BCE
586 BCE
384 BCE
323 BCE

19. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
753 BCE
400 BCE
4 BCE
551 BCE

20. 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.
400 BCE
313
70
776 BCE

21. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
326 BCE
384 BCE
722 BCE
232 BCE

22. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
544 BCE
600 BCE
c. 100 BCE
c. 600 BCE

23. Birth of Socrates
525 BCE
653 BCE
469 BCE
400 BCE

24. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
230 BCE
475 BCE
500 BCE
476

25. 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
563 BCE
185 BCE
586 BCE
335

26. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
395
447 BCE
185 BCE
776 BCE

27. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
745 BCE
354
529 BCE
480 BCE

28. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
c. 100 BCE
68
192
529 BCE

29. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
257 BCE
6 BCE
586 BCE
612 BCE

30. Rise of Persian Empire
509 BCE
207 BCE
653 BCE
305 BCE

31. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
500 BCE
257 BCE
238
18 BCE

32. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
185 BCE
469 BCE
429 BCE
600 BCE

33. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
c. 200 BCE
378
44 BCE
323 BCE

34. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
c. 512 BCE
202 BCE
79
490 BCE

35. 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.
79
776 BCE
384 BCE
6 BCE

36. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
447 BCE
424 BCE
331 BCE
6 BCE

37. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
653 BCE
483 BCE
551 BCE
111 BCE

38. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
220
c. 455
257 BCE
549 BCE

39. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
117
c. 455
500 BCE
335

40. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
544 BCE
424 BCE
323 BCE
600 BCE

41. Rise of the Median Empire
728 BCE
563 BCE
460 BCE
400 BCE

42. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
331 BCE
550 BCE
475 BCE
586 BCE

43. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
508 BCE
354
753 BCE
653 BCE

44. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
c. 512 BCE
111 BCE
c. 100 BCE
323 BCE

45. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
4 BCE
79
745 BCE
410

46. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
79
200 BCE
111 BCE
480 BCE

47. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
202 BCE
79
273 BCE
410

48. 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
200 BCE
331 BCE
146 BCE
202 BCE

49. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
551 BCE
70
429 BCE
207 BCE

50. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
500 BCE
586 BCE
539 BCE
509 BCE