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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. 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.






2. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states






3. Death of Confucius






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






5. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought






6. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






7. 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.






8. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






9. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.






10. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






11. Rise of the Median Empire






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






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






14. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed






15. Birth of Aristotle






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






17. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.






18. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne






19. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






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






21. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






22. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






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






24. Death of Confucius






25. Defeat of Gordian III (238






26. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






27. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)






28. 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






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






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






31. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico






32. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne






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






34. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






35. Death of Gautama Buddha






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






37. 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.






38. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






39. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.






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






41. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






42. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






43. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






44. 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






45. completion of Euclid's Elements






46. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






47. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






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






49. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






50. Construction of the Parthenon







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