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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. 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.






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






3. Birth of Socrates






4. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






5. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






6. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






7. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization






8. Death of Socrates






9. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






10. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






11. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






12. 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.






13. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians






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






15. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






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






17. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






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






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






20. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






21. Sunga Empire founded.






22. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






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






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






25. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






26. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






27. 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






28. Death of Cyrus






29. Defeat of Gordian III (238






30. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






31. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






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






33. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






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






35. Construction of the Parthenon






36. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






37. 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






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






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






40. Birth of Socrates






41. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






42. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






43. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






44. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






45. 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.






46. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords






47. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of






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






49. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






50. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama