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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






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






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






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






5. Rise of Persian Empire






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






7. 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






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






9. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






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






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






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






13. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






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






15. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






16. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






17. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






18. Chandragupta Maurya seizes the satrapies of Paropanisadai (Kabul) - Aria (Herat) - Arachosia (Qanadahar) and Gedrosia (Baluchistan)from Seleucus I Nicator - the Macedonian satrap of Babylonia - in return for 500 elephants.






19. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






20. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






21. Murder of Xerxes






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






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






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






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






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






27. Death of Cyrus






28. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.






29. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






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






31. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






32. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.






33. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.






34. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.






35. Rise of Persian Empire






36. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.






37. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.






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






39. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.






40. Democracy instituted atAthens






41. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






42. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






43. Death of Confucius






44. Death of Confucius






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






46. Sunga Empire founded.






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






48. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






49. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.






50. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt